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Faizer’s verdict tomorrow?Deputy Minister for Investment Promotion Faizer Mustapha is likely to pledge support to Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the upcoming presidential election, highly-placed sources told the Daily FT. The announcement is likely to take place on Wednesday, the sources added. Speculation was rife that Mustapha had met with Sirisena yesterday, but sources close to the Deputy Minister said the picture in circulation was an older one from a recent event. Mustapha only returned from Singapore yesterday morning and Sirisena was busy campaigning in the east all day, the sources said. The Deputy Minister played a role in trying to broker a compromise between Muslim residents and Buddhist temple authorities in Grandpass and Dambulla, but the Government had failed to deliver on any of the promises they had made, Mustapha’s confidants explained. The Government will struggle to win the Muslim vote at the 8 January election after stalwarts Rauff Hakeem and Rishad Bathiudeen quit the ruling coalition and pledged support to the Opposition candidate, analysts say. |
TNA endorsement today?The Tamil National Alliance will endorse a candidate at the 8 January presidential election at a special media briefing scheduled today. The TNA held a final round of discussions last week in Vavuniya regarding which candidate to ask the Tamil people to back at the forthcoming poll. The TNA announcement will coincide with Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena’s series of rallies in the Northern Province today. Sirisena, together with former President Chandrika Kumaratunga and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will attend campaign events in Mannar, Vavuniya, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Jaffna all day today. (DB) |
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