Gota ready to enter politics; Wimal says new front almost ready

Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa says he is prepared to enter politics if the public wants him to.

Speaking to reporters outside the Presidential Commission on large-scale fraud today, Rajapaksa said that the country needed a strong opposition. He said that Tamil National Alliance leader R. Sampanthan cannot be accepted as the opposition leader.

Meanwhile National Freedom Front leader Wimal Weerawansa said that a new opposition political front was being formed and that it was almost ready to commence work.

Asked if Gotabaya Rajapaksa will play a key role in the new political front, Weerawansa said that it was too early to comment. (Colombo Gazette)