Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara at a press briefing convened today (17), at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC), under the theme ‘One Way to a Stable Country’ said that incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe will contest the next Presidential Election as a common candidate.
He reiterated that President Wickremesinghe accepted the challenge to guide the nation out of bankruptcy at a time all others declined to take up the challenge. He said that at the moment the President has the support of a majority in parliament and hoped that all who envision a stable economy will gather around him irrespective of political affinity to re-elect him.