UNP Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said that the incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe who took the challenge of restoring the economy will run for the Presidential Election as a common candidate and several parties including the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna are ready to support him.
Wijewardene said that the President is contesting the next Presidential Election as an independent candidate.
“The unique economic strategy adopted by President Wickremesinghe helped restore the country from the economic crisis and he is recognised by the international community.”
Speaking at the opening of an election office at Henegama in Kirindiwela, Wijewardene said President Wickremesinghe took over the country with the aim of recovering the country from its difficult situation
“In the past, the fuel ships were anchored out of the harbour because the government didn’t have enough funds to pay them. But President Wickremesinghe took swift measures to resolve burning issues after assuming duties as President,” he said.
He said that President Wickremesinghe who entered Parliament as the one and only UNP Parliamentarian succeeded in rescuing the country from economic quagmire.
“President Wickremesinghe ended the era of fuel ques. He recovered the country’s foreign reserves which have surpassed US$ 55 billion. Ranil Wickremesinghe is a mature politician who got the country out of social and economic mess.
“He is contesting the next Presidential Election as an independent candidate who knows about the clear economic structure that recovered the country from its state. The international community accepts Ranil Wickremesinghe’s leadership more than Sri Lanka,” Wijewardene added.
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