Former Prime Minister and the UNP Ranil Wickremesinghe is responsible for 99% of the failures of the 'yahapalanaya' government, UNP MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said.

The UNP MP said the previous government neglected the aspirations of the public.

He said although the previous government gave government jobs to the public, only a handful of ruling party members controlled the entire process.

Fonseka said such failures led to the downfall of the previous government.

"It was our Presidential candidate who had to pay the price for these failures," he added.