The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) have reportedly decided to contest separately at the forthcoming presidential elections.
It is learnt that both sides have reached this decision following several rounds of talks.
Furthermore, the two parties are looking at contesting provincial council elections and general elections as an alliance.
However, both parties are to part ways during the presidential election with the SLFP fielding a candidate and the SLPP also announcing their candidate on 11 August at the party convention.
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