Operations Director of the Anti-Corruption Force, Namal Kumara, has said that he is prepared to contest the general election at any time. He also said that he has decided to contest from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).
Namal Kumara became a controversial character as he revealed of an alleged assassination plot to kill several prominent figures in the country including President and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the brother of SLPP leader Mahinda Rajapaksa.
During president Sirisena’s first address to the nation after the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister, he stated that this alleged assassination plot exposed by Namal Kumara has been one of the reasons for him to sack Ranil Wickremesinghe.
However, with Kumara planning to contest under the SLPP, political analysts point out that the whole assassination plot could be a fabrication to justify the unconstitutional appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa to the post of prime minister.
A figure previously known mostly among nationalist groups, he has now been thrust into the limelight while his sketchy past has cast a doubt on his claims with many others questioning his mental state.
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