UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya told a press conference today that the party would boycott tomorrow's swearing in ceremony as a mark of protest against the extravagant amounts of money spent for the event.
Jayasuriya said that former state heads had held simple swearing in ceremonies when elected to office.
According to the Deputy Leader, although the President is entitled to have a ceremony to mark his swearing into office for a second term, it should not be done by spending massive amount of state funds.
Meanwhile, the UNP and opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has left for India on a three-day visit yesterday.
Sources close to the government say that more UNP MPs are keen to support the government following the second term swearing-in of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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