Rainbow reunites against Rajapaksa
Monday, 13 July 2015
Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe and the JHU's Athuraliye Rathana Thero sign the agreements along with JHU General Secretary and Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka, UNP General Secretary Kabir Hashim and others at Temple Trees
Monday, 13 July 2015- 8 January rainbow coalition regroups; will contest parliamentary poll as united front
- Maithri’s SLFP allies Rajitha, Arjuna, MKDS, Earl Gunesekera join alliance
- JHU signs MoU with UNPRajitha hails Ranil for putting country before party
- Sri Lanka will not go back to that dark era: Patali Champika
By Dharisha Bastians
The threat of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s political re-emergence has unified the fractured rainbow coalition that swept President Maithripala Sirisena to victory on 8 January, with several parties signing agreements yesterday to contest parliamentary elections under a single banner.
The threat of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s political re-emergence has unified the fractured rainbow coalition that swept President Maithripala Sirisena to victory on 8 January, with several parties signing agreements yesterday to contest parliamentary elections under a single banner.
