Namal Rajapaksa's entry has made the election a four-cornered contest; development comes days after ruling SLPP lost nearly 100 of its MPs to Wickremesinghe
The request from the head of SLC came on Saturday, hours after the Sports Minister also vowed to appeal to the ICC against suspension which he claimed was illegal.
Following the meeting, the Finance Ministry, in a late Thursday night post, stated that Wickremesinghe acknowledged India's multi-faceted support to Sri Lanka during the economic crisis.
President Wickremesinghe was on a four day visit to China to attend an event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) where he also geld meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
According to revelation by the controversial video, the massacre which killed 270 locals and foreigners and injured over 500 was aimed at bringing former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to power at the election that followed.
The Donier-228 maritime surveillance aircraft will take the place of the one that the Indian government handed over to the island nation exactly a year ago.