Colombo (News 1st): All leading candidates for this year’s Presidential Election will engage in a public dialog on one platform today (October 5). The event, organized by the March 12 Movement, is to be held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo from 3 pm today.

The event will be broadcast live on TV1 at 3 this afternoon.

• Campaigning activities to stop from midnight tonight: stern action to be taken against those who violate it
• Sajith Premadasa and the swan will emerge victorious – SP
• Our victory is certain – Gotabaya Rajapaksa
• We do not have the authority to disqualify a candidate based on citizenship – NEC
• Gotabaya Rajapaksa could lose his presidency just like Geetha Kumarasinghe lost her parliamentary seat – Wasantha Samarasinghe