W.K. PRASAD MANJU Courtesy Ceylon Today

Sri Lanka’s political landscape is set to change with the dawn of the Sinhala-Tamil New Year with decisive political changes that could cause a serious impact on the current regime, sources said.

According to Informed political sources, President Maithripala Sirisena is slated to kick off these political changes by making a controversial statement along with certain political decisions.

It is also said that once the investigations into the alleged plot to assassinate the President and the former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa is concluded, President Sirisena is likely to make a special statement to the country regarding the assassination conspiracy.

Investigations into the VVIP assassination plot are currently on its final phase and sources claim that the name of a prominent local politician has also immerged linked to the alleged plot.

Meanwhile, a special announcement regarding the former CBSL Governor and names of politicians who had maintained links with underworld kingpin Makandure Madush are also likely to be revealed as part of the political changes that are set to take place in the aftermath of the Sinhala-Hindu New Year festival.

Sources stated that after the decision taken by the SLFP to seek the views of the Supreme Court (SC) regarding the precise time of the expiration of the President’s term in Office, these political changes could further reach a climax.