They will break away from the UPFA and function as the opposition in parliament.

These parties include the MEP, NFF, DLF, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya, CPSL and the LSSP, reports say.

NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa told the media yesterday (24) that the new political front would fulfill the aspirations of those who had voted for the ‘betel leaf’ if the UPFA failed to do so.

There is a vision and plan for that, he said, adding that no one who had supported ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa would be left in the lurch.