He was speaking at the 13th convention of the Lanka Viduli Sevaka Sangamaya at Pradeepa Hall in Colombo Pettah yesterday (30).

The 19th amendment was changed to restrict the number of cabinet members to 30, but that number had to be increased in a national government, said the JVP candidate.

Since the beginning they had been planning to form a Maithri-Ranil government under the label of a national government, he said, adding that the Mahinda faction will become the opposition.