Mahinda insists he will not step down

A defiant Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said he would neither resign from office nor run away in fear as calls for him to step down intensifies. “I will not step down. They can remove me but I will not resign nor will I flee in fear,” the Prime Minister told a group of Provincial Council and Local Government representatives of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).