Badulla District UNP MP Chaminda Wijesiri said UNP MPs should give preference to country rather than the political party they represent. The UNP party leadership should be given to a person of the people’s choice.
He was speaking at a media briefing in Bandarawela.
UNP MP Wijesiri went on to say that in the event the party decides to name a common candidate, that candidate should be a person representing the United National Party.
He told the media that the party intends naming a common candidate at the next Presidential Election and that candidate should be from the UNP. “I will not agree to any other person being named and I am committed to seeing that our party names the UNP candidate at the next Presidential Election,” he said. “If the UNP fails to name a candidate from our party, I will have to take a decision giving preference to country and not to the political party to which I belong,” he said.
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