Support of the SLPP to form a new government under the PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) says it will support all the steps taken by a government under Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to resolve the economic crisis, while safeguarding the party’s right of independence.

Meanwhile the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) have opposed the appointment of Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister.

SLFP leader and former President Maithripala Sirisena said today that the party has decided not to accept any portfolios or be part of a government under PM Wickremesinghe.