Political parties and trade unions of the government as well as of the Opposition will stage 17 May Day rallies and marches today within the City of Colombo.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party rally led by President Maithripala Sirisena will commence at the Hyde Park at 2:00 p.m, while the United National Party rally led by Prime Minister and Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will be held at the Campbell Park, commencing 1:00 p.m.
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna rally will be held at the Burgher Recreation Club Playgrounds in Havelock Town
starting 3.30 p.m. while the joint rally organized by the United People's Freedom Alliance constituents (the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), the Sri Lanka Mahajana Party, the Sri Lanka Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) the Democratic Left Front, the National Freedom Front and the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya).
Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka's Democratic Party will hold its rally at the Shalika plauground in Narahenpita.