Namal Rajapaksa enters presidential race

4 months ago

Sri Lanka's ruling party has nominated a scion of the controversial Rajapaksa family to challenge the incumbent president in September 21 polls, the first since the country's unprecedented economic meltdown. The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party on Wednesday named Namal Rajapaksa, 38, as its candidate at a ceremony at their party office in the capital Colombo. "After careful consideration, the party