By Shamindra Ferdinando
SJB mayoral candidate for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Mujibur Rahuman yesterday denied President Ranil Wickremesinghe having asked him not to quit Parliament to contest the forthcoming local government polls. MP Rahuman resigned on 01 Jan.
The former Colombo District MP said so in response to President Wickremesinghe’s recent claim that he advised MP Rahuman not to resign as the LG polls wouldn’t be held.
Rahuman first entered Parliament, on the UNP ticket, at the 2015 general election, and was re-elected, in August 2020, on the SJB ticket, having switched allegiance to Sajith Premadasa, in early 2020. Rahuman was among 54 SJB members elected at the last general election.
The leading SJB candidate, vying to be Colombo Mayor, alleged that President Wickremesinghe, who is also the leader of the UNP, inadvertently exposed his despicable plan to put off LG polls indefinitely. The President and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena coordinated ill-advised government efforts to delay polls, Rahuman said, pointing out that their plans went awry because the Election Commission and its Director General didn’t succumb to intense pressure.
Having been rejected by the masses and the party reduced to just one National List MP in Parliament at the last general election held in August 2020, the UNP realized the extremely difficult situation the party faced at the forthcoming LG polls, the ex-MP said.
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