Kumara Welgama says he is ready to stand as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) presidential candidate for the forthcoming presidential election.
The SLFP must contest at the presidential election, and yet the party has not mentioned anything, he said.
Welgama says he would dislike it if the SLFP worked together with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).
He is a good SLFPer who didn’t obtain the membership of the SLPP and therefore, people in Kalutara District call him the ‘Kalu Gangthota Sinhaya’ (Kalu Gangtota Lion), he added.
If his name is nominated for the presidential candidacy, he too can go forwards, he further said.
However, SLFP General Secretary MP Dayasiri Jayasekara stated that no decision has been taken to name MP Kumara Welgama as the SLFP Presidential Candidate.
