Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe places deposit for Presidential Election

Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe places deposit for Presidential Election

August 1, 2024   10:03 am

Former Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has placed a deposit with the Election Commission as a candidate for the 2024 Presidential Election.

Rajapakshe has placed the deposit as the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Front.

On July 25, the MP had officially announced that he would contest the upcoming Presidential Election while he had stepped down from his ministerial position as the Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms on July 29.

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