Leader of the Janasetha Peramuna, Venerable Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero convened a media briefing on Saturday morning.

At the meeting the thero shared the following views:

[quote]I hope to never form an alliance with any government or political party no matter what. If the Common Candidate extends an invitation , I will first take a look at their policies. Will this divide the nation? Will it lead the country to destruction? Will it pave way for terrorism? We will look into those. Maithripala Sirisena was born in a rural area. So, that area is indeed fortunate to have someone from there to contest the presidential polls.[/quote]

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