Sri Lanka's president, Maithiripala Sirisena on Saturday rejected any possibility of holding an early presidential election.
Stating he was "not ready in any way", Sirisena told SLFP party supporters at a meeting in Nivitigala that "if the SLPP and UNP overestimated their political power that is a mistake".
"Whatever value given by themselves to their parties no one could form a government without the support of the SLFP," he was further quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying.
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