Twelve district leaders of the SLPP have decided to act against it if the party decides to field a presidential candidate other than incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Their decision came during talks at a state minister’s residence at Malalasekara Mawatha in Colombo last night (22), lankadeepa.lk reports.
Quoting political sources, it said the participants claimed to have the backing of nearly 75 SLPP MPs.
They also decided to coordinate with them and local government chiefs to carry out a campaign in support of Wickremesinghe.
