<span style="color: #222222;">Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, as well as the two main Presidential candidates, have said that agreement on Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) with the United States of America will not be signed till Presidential election.<br />''<br />''The promise followed fast unto death undertaken by a Buddhist cleric Ududumbara Kashyapa Thera yesterday who called off his protest fast after receiving letters from the two candidates Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Sajith Premadasa.<br />''<br />''The letter from Prime Minister Wickremesinghe mentioned that the MCC Agreement will not be signed hurriedly before the Presidential election. It further stated that the agreement will only be signed after obtaining the views of all relevant parties and debating it in the Parliament.<br />''<br />''Several MPs visited Kashyapa Thera during his protest fast, including MP Bandula Gunawardena, who presented a letter from SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa.<br />''<br />''Mr Rajapaksa requested Kashyapa Thera to end his protest fast stating that he would make sure to revoke the agreements that are signed by the government with foreign countries, from the time the Presidential election was announced until its results are released, if they are contrary to national interests.<br />''<br />''MCC was cleared by Cabinet last week and Prime Minister earlier said that it will be signed before the elections scheduled next Saturday.<br />''<br />''The agreement entails grant of 480 million US dollars for the development of transport, traffic and land management in Sri Lanka.</span><br />