COLOMBO (News 1st) – Azath Salley, Leader of the National Unity Alliance noted that Mahinda Rajapaksa has requested his demagogues to avoid from making statements until the SLFP-SLPP discussions conclude.

Salley noted that this should have been imposed from the very beginning, however, its a little too late now as the president was criticized harshly using manipulated mass.

He finally added that after all this there would be no alliance between SLFP and SLPP.

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