Social democratic Party of Tamils (SDPT) decided to support the SJB candidate Mr Sajith Premadasa in the forthcoming elections.
The ten-member committee appointed by the SDPT’s central committee held consultations on the 3rd of September 2024 and announced their decision to support Sajith Premadasa in the forthcoming Presidential election. In the long deliberations various options were considered, and the decision was taken by voting in which seven members voted in favour of SJB candidate Mr Sajith Premadasa.
In a press release dated 4th September 2024 from Jaffna, the party’s secretary Mr V. Vigneswaran further stated that their party’s decision was taken because, amongst the main Presidential candidate’s manifestos, only the SJB has unequivocally stated that if elected, they will implement the 13th amendment to the constitution in full and hold the elections for the Provincial Councils without further delay.