Mahinda Rajapaksa is the “genuine” common candidate for Sri Lanka, said the general secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) reports the Island.lk.
Confirming that the BBS would not field a candidate for the presidential elections at a press conference held in Colombo, Gnanasera Thero, said,
“By any mean, it is not our duty to contest for the elections. Even in the history, it was monks who guided their successors to the throne. Likewise, we do the same.”
The Buddhist monk then encouraged Sri Lankan Muslims to vote for the ruling party, asserting that “Sri Lanka is the country in which the Muslims are treated well.”
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