Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe today (29) stepped down as the minister of justice, prisons affairs and constitutional reforms to contest for the presidency.
He announced the decision to the media today (29) and said he would contest from a SLFP-led alliance.
Rajapakshe said accepting, resigning or getting expelled from cabinet positions was a thing normal to him.
He added that he had turned down portfolios on six different occasions.
