Podujana Peramuna Secretary General Sagara Kariyawasam said that by appointing Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the presidency, his party hoped that he would take direct decisions and uplift the country. The General Secretary further mentioned that he did not take such direct decisions, so he had to leave the post.
Sagara Kariyawasam further mentioned that after his party appointed Ranil Wickramasinghe as the Prime Minister, and then he was appointed as the President and he expected him to bring peace and establish democracy in the country and grow the economy . He has successfully accomplished both.