I’m ready for a debate with Sajith – Ravi

UNP Colombo District parliamentarian and the party’s international affair secretary Ravi Karunanayake says that he is ready to face a debate with Sajith Premadasa at any given time and that it would be important to present necessary documentation from birth certificates to education certificates during the debate.

He made this comment in response to a story published by us yesterday (31) that a certain private TV station was busy making arrangements to hold a live debate between Sajith Premadasa and Ravi Karunanayake.

  Ravi said that he has so far participated in 87 political debates and 27 media interviews on behalf of the party and that Sajith was therefore not a challenge to him.

Karunanayake added that while he has stood by the party in parliament as well as before the media challenging the government, certain individuals now hopeful of taking over the party leadership have remained silent without posing any challenge to the government or the Rajapaksas.