A number of front figures of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) have reportedly urged Party Founder and former Minister Basil Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka and accept the Premiership, which is currently held by Dinesh Gunawardena, who is the Leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, an ally to the Ruling Party, in order to keep the country’s leadership line a ‘pure breed’, political sources disclosed.
Accordingly, many frontmen of the SLPP, including Johnston Fernando, have urged the former Finance Minister to immediately return to Sri Lanka and take over the post, in the objective of giving back what they claim as a strong leadership to the Party in its broader goal of returning to power.
MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena, who is currently in the United Kingdom, has also phoned Basil Rajapaksa making the same request.
When Basil departed for the United States, he was intending to stay there until January next year, but the growing demand from the SLPP could likely to change his mind, raising the possibility of his return, according to sources.
MIAP
