At its meeting last night (20), the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress high command decided to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the presidential election, say party sources.
The SLMC is to announce its decision before postal voting takes place, tomorrow. With that, the party is to leave the UPFA government and join the opposition. Minister Bashir Segudawood did not attend the meeting, and party sources say he will personally support president Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Meanwhile, All Ceylon Makkal Congress leader, minister Risath Badurdeen, has given a deadline to the government to sign a MoU between the two, failing which, it too, will support the common opposition candidate.
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