Member of Parliament Wimal Weerawansa says that several parties including the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, the Uttara Lanka Sabhagaya and the Nidahasa Janata Sabhaya will contest the upcoming local government elections through a new alliance.
Udaya Gammanpila said that his alliance hopes to contest the election with a symbol that has not been used by any political party so far.
Also, the Secretary General of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Dayasiri Jayasekara, said that the broadest progressive force in the country will be created by his party.