By Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera
Colombo, July 16 (UNI) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman GL Peiris on Saturday demanded an explanation from SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam on the decision taken to back Ranil Wickremesinghe at the election to elect the President next week.
He demanded a response to the following questions:
• Under what authority this purported decision was made;
• The names of the persons who purportedly participated in the making of this decision;
• The basis of selecting these persons;
• The venue, date and time of the purported meeting;
• Particulars relating to the notice convening the purported meeting including the date and time of the notice;
• The provision of the constitution of SLPP, in terms of which this purported decision was made.
The letter was sent after SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma announced his decision to vie for the presidency yesterday.
Peiris said that since a candidate from SLPP has come forward to contest for the Presidency, the party’s candidate should be supported and not an outside candidate. The parliamentary vote is scheduled for July 20, to elect a new President.
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