“Gota can easily win if he contests and secure a parliamentary seat, however for him to do that he has to give up his American citizenship, we thought he is patriot” an angry source close to Wimal Weerwansa told Colombo Telegraph today.

Gota
In a previous
interview with Sri Lanka Mirror in early April
Gotabaya Rajapaksa was quoted as saying “So if I get a chance to contest, I will,”. This was in relation to him claiming that although he initially did not have any intention of entering politics, he said he feels that various reasons have pushed him into deciding otherwise. However he said that he has not chosen a political party to contest yet.