Chamal undecided on contesting Gota returns after surgery
Posted by Editor on July 25, 2019 - 8:38 am
United People’s Freedom Alliance Parliamentarian Chamal Rajapaksa said that he has still not taken a firm decision on contesting the forthcoming Presidential Poll.
He made this remark when journalists sought his views yesterday (24), on whether he had taken a decision on contesting the next Presidential Poll.
Meanwhile, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa who was in Singapore after undergoing surgery returned home in the night on 23 July.
(Source: Ceylon Today – By Dhammika Ranaweera and Gaya Thirimadura)
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The SLPP are looking desperately for a candidate as their preferred candidate is undergoing severe health issues and also, doubts on US citizenship renunciation.
The alternatives now are:
1. Dinesh Gunawaradane
2. GL Pieris
3. Shiranthi Rajapaksa
All the 3 alternatives are dead ducks.