Mahinda visits Opposition Leader’s Office

In an apparent sign that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was back in the mainstream of SLFP/UPFA politics, he stepped into the Opposition Leader’s Office in Colombo yesterday for consultations.

Spokesman for the former President Rohan Welivita told Daily FT that Rajapaksa had stepped into the offices of Opposition Leader Nimal Siripala De Silva for consultations with officials there about nominations and media plans.

“Everybody is in one team now – the former President, President Maithripala Sirisena and Nimal Siripala De Silva, so it is natural he should go to those offices,” Welivita said.

The former President paid the visit at around noon yesterday, Welivita said.