Sri Lanka opposition campaign to force presidential election

Aug 8 (people.com.cn) Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has launched a signature campaign to force the holding of the country's next presidential election by the year's end.

The UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe inaugurated the petition campaign from the party headquarters Monday aimed at getting over 1 million signatures to urge the authorities to order the poll.