No Maithri for Mahinda
By Dharisha Bastians- November 22, 2014
- In an unprecedented move Opposition picks senior SLFPer as common candidate after defection from Rajapaksa Government
- Maithripala says country heading for dictatorship; claims country’s economy, law and party being controlled by a single family.
- Vows to make Ranil PM
- Opposition to focus on abolition of presidency and resolving ethnic question: CBK
- Rajitha says if they kill me, carry my corpse and march against this presidency
Sri Lanka’s former Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena (R) addresses journalists while former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga gestures during a press conference in Colombo on 21 November, shortly after Sirisena defected from the ruling party and declared himself as the common Opposition candidate to challenge President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the upcoming January election. Sirisena, who was also the General Secretary of the ruling party, accused Rajapaksa of being a corrupt dictator. AFP PHOTO/Ishara S. Kodikara
