NPP cancels meeting with President at the eleventh hour

• Published date: 09 August 2022
• Publication title: Daily Financial Times

However, Handunetti stressed that despite meeting the President, the party will in no way support or be part of any all-party Government that is to be formed. 'We have made our stance on this clear quite publicly,' he said.

According to him, the NPP sees no merit in the discussion as Wickremesinghe has always formed a Government with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. 'Following this the term 'interim Government' has dropped from the President's vocabulary. What is the point of inviting other parties after already forming a Government with the former President's faction?' he asked.

Handunetti had stressed that despite deciding to meet the President the party will in no way support or be part of any all-party Government that is to be formed. 'We have made our stance on this clear quite publicly,' he said.

'The President is not going to form a Government that...