Kariyawasam said the UNP leadership had informed him that the relevant decision would be taken next week following discussions.
The party leadership earlier stated that the UNP’s presidential candidate will be decided once the presidential election is announced by the Elections Commission by the party’s Working Committee.
However, UNP Deputy Leader, Minister Sajith Premadasa and his loyalists have called for the Working Committee as well as the parliamentary group to be convened to decide on the UNP’s presidential candidate.
UNP leader, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, Deputy Leader, Minister Premadasa and Speaker Karu Jayasuriya are currently the frontrunners vying to become the UNP’s presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, the Elections Commission has announced that the next presidential election would be held on November 16th, 2019.
General Secretary of the United National Party (UNP), Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam says party leader, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that the UNP’s presidential candidate for the upcoming presidential election will be declared next week.
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