President’s Office categorically refutes baseless and inaccurate allegations made by JVP Parliamentarian Vijitha Herath that Rs. 8000 million had been allocated for the personal use of the President in the future.

The Election Manifesto of the New Democratic Front’s Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa, will be unveiled at 9am on Thursday in Kandy.

Election monitors, yesterday, urged the Elections Commission (EC) to reconsider the deployment of members of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) for election duty as the organisation had consistently shown that they were biased towards a particular political party.

“We, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), have supported Sajith Premedasa as the Presidential candidate for New Democratic Front and United National Party,” Water Supply, City Planning and Higher Education Minister and SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem told a political rally in Kattankudy on Saturday.

Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera says the public should be a part of Presidential candidate of the New Democratic Front Minister Sajith Premadasa’s victory in order to further strengthen development initiatives carried out by the good governance government.

Over 200 electoral organisers of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) met for a seminar in Colombo on Friday (25) chaired by senior party MP Kumar Welgama, to agree on a program to defeat the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) at the presidential election.

National People’s Movement (NPM) Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake today revealing his manifesto said he will ensure democracy, national unity and eliminate corruption.

JVP propaganda secretary Vijitha Herath said yesterday (25) they were hopeful of several candidates contesting the upcoming presidential election extending their support to the National Peoples Power (NPP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

The Election Commission has urged the public to refrain from releasing the conclusions of opinion polls conducted at institutions and classes on to the internet in a manner that disrupts the free and fair conduct of the Presidential Election.

The front-runner in Sri Lanka’s presidential campaign promised that he will rehabilitate and release all military personnel accused of abuses in the country’s civil war, according to a campaign manifesto released Friday.

The manifesto of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa has launched a short while ago at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre.

National People’s Movement (NPM) presidential candidate and former Army Commander Gen. (Rtd) Mahesh Senanayake expressed his confidence that if elected as President, he will have adequate powers to bring effective change, in spite of downgraded executive powers under the 19th Amendment.

New Democratic Front Presidential Candidate Sajith Premadasa yesterday pledged to impose the death sentence on terrorists and drug offenders.

Only the National People Power (NPP) movement is capable of cleansing the political field by eliminating fraud and corruption, National People Power presidential candidate and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in Wellawaya on Wednesday.

The European Union (EU) has noted that the upcoming Presidential election is important for Sri Lanka to continue making progress on its path of reform and national reconciliation.

Minister Rauff Hakeem yesterday rejected allegations that he had connections with terrorists involved in the Easter Sunday attack as reported in media.