evidence: After he had struck the right note in presenting the SJB manifesto to the sacred Tooth Relic, the Sangha and the public, Sajith began the last lap of the marathon race to win the President’s House. [...] Then on Thursday at Ratnadeepa Hotel in Galle Face, Colombo 1, Sajith with his core economic expert team of Harsha, Eran and Kabir, presented their own oral submissions on Economic Blueprint 3 of SJB’s manifesto before an audience of hard-boiled professional guests for their own minute scrutiny. Eran took the floor first, followed by Dr. Harsha and then by Kabir Hashim. Towards the tail end of his entertaining speech, a figure dressed in black, silently strode up the auditorium aisle to take his empty seat in the front row. It was then Kabir revealed that Sajith had arrived. When Kabir had finished, Sajith was invited by the compere to deliver his speech. [...] With ‘Aragalaya’ leaders, who had demanded system change, joining him the same day, it was clear that Sajith was attracting support from every strata of society in the last lap of his marathon run to the President’s House in Colombo’s historic Fort.