{"id":148648,"date":"2025-03-22T15:47:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T22:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=148648"},"modified":"2025-03-22T15:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T22:47:29","slug":"sjb-nominates-dr-ruvaiz-haniffa-as-colombo-mayor-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/03\/22\/sjb-nominates-dr-ruvaiz-haniffa-as-colombo-mayor-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"SJB nominates Dr. Ruvaiz Haniffa as Colombo Mayor candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Courtesy Adaderana<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has officially nominated Dr. Ruvaiz Haniffa as its candidate for the position of Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party emphasized that the nomination reflects its vision for a super developed city\u201d and aims to uplift the lives of all residents within the Colombo Municipal Council area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, the SJB highlighted that the hope of the people in Colombo is to transform the city into a modern, thriving hub of development. Dr. Haniffa\u2019s nomination marks the beginning of what the party described as a journey toward this vision of progress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa expressed confidence in Dr. Haniffa\u2019s capabilities, calling him a public-spirited professional\u201d with the necessary qualities to drive the city\u2019s growth. He described Dr. Hanifa as possessing the right mix of talent, skill, ability, courage, and determination\u201d to lead the CMC and fulfill the aspirations of its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has officially nominated Dr. Ruvaiz Haniffa as its candidate for the position of Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC).&nbsp; The party emphasized that the nomination reflects its vision for a super developed city\u201d and aims to uplift the lives of all residents within the Colombo Municipal Council [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}