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From Daily Mirror
The United Left Front
(ULF) formed by breakaway groups of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, the Communist
Party and the Democratic Left Front, will contest the upcoming general
elections with the UNP led alliance, its chairman Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne
said.
In a statement issued
to the media, the ULF said that it will align itself with the Sri Lanka Freedom
Party (SLFP) breakaway faction which "is opposed to the candidature of
Mahinda Rajapaksa."
"The United Left
Front (ULF) which was formed by sections of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, the
Communist Party of Sri Lanka and the Democratic Left Front supported the Common
Candidate, Maithripala Sirisena, at the last Presidential election. It has
decided to align itself with the section of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party that is
opposed to the candidature of Mahinda Rajapaksa" the statement said. It
that despite the alliance it intends to maintain its 'political identity', and
has decided to join the alliance in order to prevent the re-emergence of
'authoritarianism'. "Accordingly, while maintaining its separate political
identity, the United Left Front will contest the forthcoming Parliamentary
elections under the umbrella of the United National Front for Good Governance
in order to consolidate the victory of 08 January and prevent the re-emergence
of the authoritarian regime that the people of Sri Lanka defeated," the
statement said.
Keerthi Kariyawasam, a member of the
Western Provincial Council, will contest from the Kalutara District while Dr.
Jayampathy Wickramaratne and Raja Uswetakeiyawa will be on the national list of
the United National Front for Good Governance, the statement added.
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