Abeygunawardena is chairman of SEMA which comes under the president, and also a key figure in Pivithuru Hetak organization of Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera.

Therefore, the UNP can no longer sell the president, he told ‘Pethikada’ programme of Sirasa TV this morning (14).

A national govt.

Opinion polls show the UPFA will gain most seats at the election, but less than 113 seats, therefor, a national government comprising the UPFA and the UNP will be formed, according to him.

He noted the president’s letter to Mahinda Rajapaksa in which he says the prime minister of that government would be a SLFP senior, not his predecessor.

Whoever that person may be, he will be able to create a stable government for the next five years as the presdient’s right hand man.

The next line of the UNP leadership can gain a good start under the president, Abeygunawardena went onto say.

He urged voters to place their trust in president Sirisena and vote for the UPFA at the polls, or else refrain from voting or spoil the vote if they have any doubt about that, in order to support him.