By yesterday (14), it stood at 1,100,133.

The president’s facebook page was launched 22 months ago.

Following the 65th anniversary of the SLFP, ‘likes’ for his page rose by 200 per cent.

The politician with the second highest ‘likes’ is ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa who started his page seven years ago, with 1,068,640.

In third place is MP Namal Rajapaksa.