SLPP campaign to kick off on 26 May

The SLPP’s campaign for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections is scheduled to commence with a convention on May 26 at Thalawa, Anauradhapura, with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa presiding, Kalawewa SLPP Chief Organiser and former Chief Minister of North Central Province, SM Ranjith Samarakoon, said.

The convention would start at 3 pm, he said, adding that it would be followed by a series of countrywide rallies and meetings.

Samarakoon said that SLPP party branches, women and youth organisations, trade unions and all other activists had been invited to attend the Thalawa meeting. All SLPP seniors were scheduled to speak at this convention, he said.