Vigneswaran to back Ranil for presidency

Vigneswaran to back Ranil for presidency

July 20, 2022   09:26 am

MP C.V. Vigenswaran, former chief minister of the Northern Province, says he will vote in support for Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the parliamentary vote to elect a new President today (July 20).

Vigenswaran is the leader and the only parliamentarian of the Tamil People’s National Alliance also known as the Thamizh Makkal Tesiya Kootani (TMTK). 

Meanwhile, the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC), after much deliberation, also decided to vote in favour of the caretaker president.

In addition, a section of the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) parliamentarians have also declared support for Wickremesinghe for the office of President, despite their party’s decision to vote in favour of MP Dullas Alahapperuma.

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