Sri Lanka, May 11 -- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna founder and former Minister Basil Rajapaksa yesterday said that his party's candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election will be announced soon.

He pointed out that the SLPP is ready for any election, "A candidate who can win the upcoming Presidential Election will be presented by the party and that victory will determine the future of the country," he said.

He was speaking at the opening of National Election Operation Office at the Party Head office at Battaramulla yesterday. "Even the SLPP is ready for the upcoming presidential election and the candidate for that has not been decided yet," he said. Rajapaksa said that the President Ranil Wickremesinghe has made a statement that he w...