"I Was Totally Against Giving Nomination To Former President Rajapakshe To Contest From UPFA In The Election"-President Sirisene

While making a Special Statement to the nation President Maithripala Sirisene has said today(14) that He was totally against giving nomination to Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe to contest in the forthcoming Parliamentary Election from United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) and stressed that he will   take a neutral stand at the election.

"The former President Rajapakshe will be defeated in the forthcoming election as the same way he got defeated at the Presidential Election held on 08th of January " the President has said while addressing
 a press briefing held in Colombo today.

President Sirisene has also said that he did not want to put Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe's United National Party(UNP) in to a trouble and he want to have a Parliament that would go hand in hand with his policy decisions.