The General Secretary of the JVP Tilvin Silva has told local media that the party leaders have been discussing the current political situation and have come to a decision.
Maintaining that the party has always taken decisions with the interest of the public in mind, Silva has said that the decision at this juncture was also taken after much deliberation.
Meanwhile JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake had earlier said that the party will be hoping to create a mass movement which will defeat President Mahinda Rajapaksa and then pressure the new leadership to abolish executive presidency.