Sri Lanka's Opposition leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, said the united opposition front's support to Gen. (retd) Sarath Fonseka's possible consensus candisate in the event of an early Presidential race would be conditional. The leader of the newly-floated 18-party United National Front (UNF), Ranil Wickremesinghe, has said that the nomination of the just retired General Sarath Fonseka as a consensus Presidential candidate of the alliance to take on the Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is conditional. The retired General, who led the war against the LTTE and sought pre-mature retirement from the military citing 16 reasons, has been asked by the opposition grouping to endorse its ten-point ‘policy’ statement. A formal announcement on the Presidential and Parliamentary elections is expected in the next two to three days. Political and diplomatic observers here have billed the Presidential election as the mother of all political battles in the 48-year-old history of the island nation, as, for the first time, there is a prospect of an incumbent President and Supreme Commander of the armed forces and retired Army Chief and a former commander of the Army being pitted against each other.AIR correspondent Kanchan reports from Colombo that Sri Lanka's Opposition leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that retired General Fonseka will get the backing of the newly floated 18-party United National Front only if he agrees to a ten point policy. A formal announcement on the Presidential and Parliamentary elections is expected in the next two to three days.Political and diplomatic observers here have billed the Presidential election as the mother of all political battles in the 48-year-old history of the island nation, as, for the first time, there is a prospect of an incumbent President and Supreme Commander of the armed forces and retired Army Chief and a former commander of the Army being pitted against each other.Meanwhile, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator John Holmes while voicing his concern about the freedom of movement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) today also welcomed the pace of resettlement of the war displaced civilians in the North and said that the number of the remaining civilians in the camp is now below 1,35,000.Briefing the media today at the end of his three day visit together with the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister , Rohitha Bogollagama , Sir John Holmes recognized the challenge of de mining and said that the displaced civilians are ‘glad’ to be returning to their homes.