National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa today said that he would contest the forthcoming Local Government Elections together with former JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe.

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Addressing a media briefing in Colombo, Weerawansa also said that they were planning to contest for LG elections along with the 10 parties of the United People's Freedom alliance (UPFA).

This would mean that Amarasinghe is now a member of the 'united opposition' which supports former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Weerawansa broke away from the JVP in 2008, when Amarasinghe was its leader. He held the post of Propaganda Secretary of the party for more than a decade. He later found the National Freedom Front.

Amarasinghe became the leader of JVP after its second insurrection collapsed in 1989. He resigned from JVP on April 16 this year, claiming that the party was intentionally delaying the process of building socialism in the country. He later established a new party named Janatha Sewaka Party.

However, Amarasinghe was known as a severe critic of Weerawansa from 2008. He continued to criticize Weerawansa even after breaking away from the JVP.

Interestingly, Amarasinghe recently said that he would even join Weerawansa to fight against the UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka which was recently passed at the UNHRC in Geneva.

The investigative mechanism proposed by UNHRC resolution is a 'national challenge' and it should be defeated at any cost, he asserted, giving the possibility of an alliance with Weerawansa.