Home Has Sirisena Let The Genie Out Of The Bottle? Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera seems to be backing Sajith Premadasa. Will Samaraweera be Premadasa’s running mate?

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera seems to be backing Sajith Premadasa. Will Samaraweera be Premadasa’s running mate?

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya too is a silent presidential contender, and has won the favour of many owing to his conduct during the 2018 constitutional coup.(courtesy wikipidia.org)

President Maithripala Sirisena’s attempt to form a government with current Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2018 fell through. Were Rajapaksa’s own party members responsible for that?

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