COLOMBO: Sajith Premadasa, the leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition party, is a frontrunner in Saturday's (Sept 21) presidential election and a win will hand him the top job more than 30 years ...

Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader in Parliament ... Premadasa, 57, is the son of a former president late Ranasinghe ...

The 38-year-old is a member of parliament and son of Mahinda Rajapaksa ... with ally-turned-rival Sajith Premadasa leading the pack. It will be the first vote since Wickremesinghe took over ...