“For the greater good of my country that I love and the people I care about, I withdraw my candidacy for the office of President. Samagi Jana Balawegaya and our alliance and our opposition partners will work hard to make Dullas Alahapperuma victorious ”. Sajith Premadasa, founder of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya political alliance and main opposition leader in Sri Lanka writes on Twitter.
There are therefore two candidates nominated by the Sri Lankan Parliament to replace the former Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned last week due to the worsening of the island’s economic crisis. Parliament has announced that incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe will face leftist leader Anura Dissanayake. The vote, scheduled for tomorrow, will be secret