The much delayed manifesto of SLPP presidential candidate is scheduled to be unveiled at a ceremony at Nelum Pokuna in Colombo on Friday (25) at the auspicious time of 9.45 am.
The colorful ceremony is expected to last till 11.30 am to avoid the "Rahu Kalaya" which is the time period not suitable for any good work to start, in accordance with astrology, organisers said.
Although Gotabaya has entered the presidential election race early, he has failed to announce his policies properly till the final lap of the race that would conclude on November 16.
Meanwhile, Minister of Power and Energy Ravi Karunanayaka said that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna is grappling to present their presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s manifesto as the party has no policy at all.
He noted that Gotabaya Rajapaksa, while addressing a recent media conference, stated that it is essential at this present juncture to move the country forward by forgetting the past misdeeds of the Rajapksa regime.
"He wants us to remember the past but not all the past, only the approved bits. When journalists questioned him about other nefarious activities, he behaved in a grumpy and evasive manner," Karunanayaka claimed.
If Gotabaya emerges victorious in up coming presidential polls, it will be a concern to many liberal Sinhalese who value freedom and enjoy the freedom of expression under Sri Lanka’s ethnocracy, foreign media claimed.
As for the Tamils, a Rajapaksa presidency is fraught with trepidation. Should he be elected, it will be despite the opposition to his presidency by Tamils and given his inclination to be vindictive coupled with his credentials as an ultra Sinhala chauvinist, he can be expected to make the current victor’s peace being endured by Sri Lanka’s Tamils even more difficult, foreign media reported.
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