NewsFormer Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) leader Chandrika Kumaratunga, has lamented over the party’s failure to field its own candidate for the presidential election. Issuing a statement, the former President pointed out that the SLFP had nominated its own candidate at all presidential elections while securing direct wins in four out of seven elections. Her statement comes in the wake of the SLFP's decision to support Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. “The SLFP is not a party of fraudsters, murderers, and conspirarists,” she remarked. However, she stressed that she would continue to support the SLFP in its efforts to protect the party and its policies, in future.

Source: Sunday Times October 15, 2019 02:26 UTC