evidence: For the first round of the debates, which are due to run for three days, the organisers had invited six of the leading candidates: President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Opposition Leader and Samagi Jana Balawegaya candidate Sajith Premadasa, National People’s Power candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna candidate Namal Rajapaksa, and independent candidates P. Ariyanenthiran and Dilith Jayaweera. [...] The Independent Television Network (ITN) has invited opposition leader and SJB presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa for a live discussion ahead of the upcoming polls. ITN Chairman Sudharshan Gunawardena has written to Mr. Premadasa informing him that three candidates, namely Dilith Jayaweera, Nuwan Bopage, and Anura Kumara Dissanayake, have already appeared on the show titled "Kedapatha" and requested Mr. Premadasa to do so to discuss his manifesto.