Former parliamentarian Tissa Kuttiaarachchi says political circles are buzzing with talk that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is positioning himself to take over should President Anura Kumara Dissanayake fail to govern effectively.
Kuttiaarachchi said that given the current economic, social and political climate, President Dissanayake would be unlikely to complete his full term, and that a change at the top could come before 2029.
He said Wickremesinghe was already making preparations to that end.
He noted that the former President, as an internationally recognised leader who had previously steered the country through economic crisis, remained well placed to step in once again if circumstances demanded it.
On the political future of Namal Rajapaksa, Kuttiaarachchi said the Rajapaksa camp was not interested in coming to power through any interim arrangement, but rather through a clear electoral mandate from the people.
He said they believed 2029 was the right moment for that bid.
The former parliamentarian also pushed back on allegations that the Rajapaksas had hidden money in Uganda, challenging the current government to prove its claims.
He said the government had so far failed to produce evidence of even a single rupee being stolen, and added that if such proof were ever established, he would distance himself from the Rajapaksa camp that very day.
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