President Ranil Wickremesinghe repeated an invitation to Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa to join him and work together to rebuild the country.
Wickremesinghe said there was no point in having rifts and invited Premadasa and National People Power leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake to work with him.
Speaking in Gampaha, the President recalled there were instances in the past where ruling and opposition political parties worked together in the best interest of the country.
Wickremesinghe also said that he fulfilled the main responsibility given to him when he was appointed President.
Wickremesinghe recalled that during the economic crisis when he was made Prime Minister, he sought the support of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the National People’s Power (NPP) to form a new Government yet both refused to support him.
Eventually, he said the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) agreed to support him to form a Government.
The President said that he continued to seek the support of the SJB yet the SJB rejected the invitations.
Wickremesinghe said that politicians should be built according to the agenda of the country and not the other way around.