JVP keeps options open on Mahinda

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The JVP is weighing the option of fielding a candidate at the forthcoming presidential election and has not ruled out this possibility, well informed sources said. According to these sources the party was also exploring the possibility of fielding a common candidate. In that case, the candidate would be a non-party member. But their first choice is Premier Mahinda Rajapakse, who recently won the SLFP/PA candidacy, but the JVP has indicated that it would keep its options open until it reached a workable agreement with Rajapakse. The JVP says the SLFP/PA should not expect their support unless the two parties reached consensus on the national issue. The party has ruled out its backing to continue with the Oslo-managed peace process as it is

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