Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya has shot down rumours that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe or Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa will become President, within this year.
Addressing a political rally, Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya said some people were claiming that Ranil Wickremesinghe will become President by August this year.
“I doubt this is in Sri Lanka. It must be somewhere else. This man, who has repeatedly lost elections, is being claimed to become President by August,” she said.
She also revealed that SJB MP Kabir Hashim has recently claimed that Leader Sajith Premadasa would become President by December this year.
“This must be in another universe,” she said, questioning whether these statements were of any use to the nation or people.
The Prime Minister pointed out that the President has already said that those who wish to defeat the government must become better than the incumbent government.
“Become better than us. Become more talented than us. This is how this must be done, without making claims of things that would not happen,” she said.
PM Harini Amarasuriya further urged the public not to have any doubts, as the government will not be defeated. (Newswire)