Prez Poll: Wijeyedasa places cash deposit
Former Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms Minister Dr. Wijeyedasa Rajapakshe placed his cash deposit to contest the upcoming Presidential Election at the Election Secretariat office in Rajagiriya yesterday morning (1).
MP Wijeyedasa Rajapakshe will be contesting as the Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Front. Last week, Wijeyedasa Rajapakshe stepped down from his Ministerial portfolios of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms while officially announcing his candidacy for the Presidential election.
A total of ten candidates have placed their cash deposits so far until yesterday (1) together with Wijeyedasa Rajapakshe for the 2024 Presidential election. The ten candidates who have placed their cash deposits for the Presidential Election are President Ranil Wickremesinghe as an independent candidate, former MP Sarath Keerthiratne as an independent candidate, Oshala Herath from the Abhinawa Niwahal Peramuna, A.S.P. Liyanage from the Sri Lanka Workers Party, MP Sajith Premadasa from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, P.W.S.K. Bandaranayaka from the National Development Front and MP Wijeyedasa Rajapakshe from the National Democratic Front.
K. K. Piyadasa as an independent candidate, Sirithunga Jayasuriya from the United Socialist Party and Ajantha De Soyza from the Ruhunu Janatha Peramuna placed deposits yesterday.
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