Government MP Jayampathi Wickramaratne, who is a member of the United Left Front (ULF), said yesterday his party decided to support the presidential candidate of National People’s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake but would ask voters to mark their second preference for the strongest candidate who can defeat SLPP candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Affirming that his ULF decided to support Mr. Dissanayake, he said people who intend to vote for Mr. Dissanayake at his party’s behest would be asked to mark their second preference for the candidate who can defeat Mr. Rajapaksa.
