According to the current situation in the country, there are signs that an election will be held soon and an alliance led by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will have the greatest advantage in forming the next Government, said the chairman of the SLFP, former President Maithripala Sirisena on September 2, reports Colombo Page. Sirisena also mentioned that 42 parliamentarians who represented the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party had to sit in the opposition and become independent because the majority of the SLPP is not ready to work together for the country. Addressing the SLFP’s 71st anniversary celebrations held on September 2 at the Maharagama Youth Council Auditorium, Sirisena said SLFP will definitely form a new Government with an alliance of left progressive parties in the future.