The PM is using the JVP to win the lections, says the UNP

United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Rajitha Senarathne said that the PM may not be “a fool to dance into JVP’s rhetorics”.

“The man who presented tsunami aid sharing deal (P-TOMS) to parliament is now saying that he is to scrap the deal if he becomes the president. Has he got any policies at all?” Senarathne questioned in an interview with BBC Sandeshaya (bbcsinhala.com).

JHU support

PM Rajapkse would not need any party, the former minister said, to govern the country if he becomes the head of state.

JHU rules out supporting Ranil Wickramasinghe

The JVP on Monday announced conditional support to PM in the presidential elections. The party leaders published a 12-point plan agreed with Rajapakse.

All Buddhist monk party, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), meanwhile, ruled out supporting opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe.

JHU leader Ellawala Medhananda thero told BBC Sandeshaya that the party is having talks with the prime minister.

“The JHU will field their own candidate if PM Rajapakse disagrees abide by our principals.”

Both the JVP and the JHU have said their parties will support only the PM, but not the policies of his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), currently led by President Chandrika Kumaratunga.