The Sri Lankan president has attacked his coalition partner the United National Party, claiming he was misled about the integrity of the party.
“When I collaborated with UNP as common candidate I thought I was joining [D S Senanayake/Dudley Senanayake’s] UNP," President Sirisena said according to a tweet by BBC journalist Azzam Ameen.
"But only later I found it’s not DS/Dudley’s UNP.These leaders were never corrupt, I pray that in future this country will have a DS/Dudley UNP,” he said.
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