Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has denied claims that he had submitted a request to be nominated as the Presidential candidate of the United National Party (UNP).
Jayasuriya has been quoted as saying in the media that he had never asked to be nominated as the Presidential candidate but had only expressed his policy if he is to be President.
The Speaker said earlier this week issuing a statement that any prospect of him accepting a nomination to contest as a presidential candidate would be conditioned upon the support of all forces united behind the critical objective of abolishing the executive presidency, which has been the objective of civil society since 1995.
Jayasuriya noted that his mandate in such an event should include the strengthening of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
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