Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe Has Said That He Will Contest In The Forthcoming Election

The former president Mahinda Rajapakshe has today (01) said that he will contest in the forthcoming Parliamentary Election and contribute to form a new government,Addressing at his house in Madamulana (Hambanthota District in Southern Province) to a crowd mostly brought by some of the previous parliamentarians from Colombo  to support him ,the former president has said that he cannot turned down the requests made to him by  so many people to contest in the forthcoming election.

The Economic Progress that has been stalled will be rebuild Former President Rajapakshe has stressed.

Meanwhile the President Maithripala Sirisene has  earlier said that former president will not be named as the prime ministerial candidate of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) which chaired by him but he will contest under the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Ticket for the election.