The president should be given at least another six months to stabilize the country, after which any election could be held, said a senior leader of the UNP, Navin Dissanayake.
Speaking to the media at Sirikotha, Dissanayake said his party never advocated putting off elections, but noted the president’s foremost responsibility was to feed the people.
Today, president Ranil Wickremesinghe is using his political acumen to play a solo game, and the country is now in a much better position than what it was six months ago, Dissanayake claimed.
Foreign reserves have improved to two billion US dollars from a negative position when he took over, he added.
