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President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday pledged to form a Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) government in the near future, while also underscoring the need to ensure the SLFP will be a \u2018clean\u2019 party soon.\"Maithripala<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking at the SLFP\u2019s May Day rally in Galle, Sirisena said that no one can stop the SLFP from emerging victorious. \u201cFrom now onwards we will commence a journey to strengthen the party, and we need to build this party to be a clean party, so we can form a government in the near future,\u201d Sirisena said.\"SLFP<\/a><\/p>\n

He also called on all political parties, political leaders and trade unions who wish to see the country progress, to join him in this journey.<\/p>\n

Sirisena\u2019s comments came amidst allegations from former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who accused the UNP of conspiring to destroy the SLFP.\"Mahinda<\/a><\/p>\n

Rajapaksa, speaking at the joint opposition May Day rally in Kirulapona said that he had built the SLFP to be a strong party, but now under its current leadership the SLFP is slowly losing its identity as the UNP is dictating terms to it.<\/p>\n

“Everything is decided by the UNP, the SLFP has no say. When I was the leader of the party, no one, not even the UNP could defeat it. But, today they are dictating terms to the SLFP, and the SLFP is losing its identity,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

Rajapaksa also criticized the government\u2019s recent tax revision. \u201cYour love life will go for a six, girls and boys, because from the 100 rupee reload, you will only get talk time worth 53 rupees because of the taxes,\u201d he added.\"Kirulapana<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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