Third presidential candidate enters race
A third candidate entered the race of Sri Lanka's presidential election on Wednesday while the election date is yet to be announced.
Wickramabahu Karunaratna of the Left Front called himself the common left candidate pitted against incumbent President Mahinda Rajapakse and the main opposition candidate yet to be named.
"Both the two sides have failed to resolve the Tamil minority issues and both have been responsible for suppressing them," Karunaratna charged.
The election date is expected to be announced by end of this week by the Commissioner of Elections.
The incumbent Rajapakse said on Monday that he opted for a snap poll two years ahead of schedule.
It is widely expected that former Army Commander General SarathFonseka will contest the presidential poll as the common candidate of the opposition parties.
