(UTV|COLOMBO) – United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa says he will not contest the next Parliamentary election as the UNP Prime Ministerial candidate if he is not made the UNP party leader.
Premadasa who met his party activists and voters in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte said he was not in a position to accept the party’s prime ministerial candidature unless he was given the party leadership.
“I don’t want the prime ministerial candidate of the party without the leadership as I am not a person who bows down to conditions,” he said.
He said he was willing to accept the party leadership if a majority of the UNPers wanted him as the leader.
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