The Minister of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation and the Minister of Irrigation, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Member of Parliament Ms. Pavithra Wanniarachchi have decided to support Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe in the upcoming presidential election.
She has taken this decision in the background of Namal Rajapaksa being officially nominated as the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna candidate for the presidential battle yesterday.
President Ranil Wickramasinghe is a United National Party Member of Parliament and he will contest the upcoming presidential election as an independent candidate.
Even now, a number of Podujana Peramuna MPs have promised to support Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe.