The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), a former coalition partner in President Rajapaksa's UPFA, has announced it will sign a memorandum of understanding with the opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena, after which they will actively support his campaign, the Daily Mirror reported.
The JHU, made up of Buddhist monks, said to the paper that Sirisena had given a positive response to the proposals put forward by the party, the same proposals which were rejected by Mahinda Rajapaksa, causing the monks to quit the coalition.
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