President continues to keep PM without removing him: MR
Former President and MP Mahinda Rajapaksa today said it was none other than President Maithripala Sirisena who keeps Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in his post without ousting him.
The former president said this in response to a question asked by a journalist when he was leaving Parliament.
When asked his opinion about President Sirisena seeking Attorney General’s opinion on the legality of removing the Premier, Mr. Rajapaksa said “Why seek AG’s consultations? Shouldn’t forget that the President is the Executive,”
When asked whether it was President Sirisena who continues to protect the Premier, he said “Definitely, who else?”
“We said we will back the SLFP, if it appoints a Prime Minister among them. We won’t back a PM who is a UNPer. It seems the current Prime Minister will continues to function based on the agreement between the UNP and the President,” he said.
Meanwhile, he said the Joint Opposition has asked for the post of the Opposition Leader in Parliament.
“We hope we will be given the place we deserve, the Opposition in Parliament,” he said.
(Source: Daily Mirror)
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Mr.Rajapakse should read the constitution before these statements. The president doesn’t have the power to remove the PM under 19 th amendment. People who doesn’t know these will believe all these misinformation and lies
Hope the leaders will not fall for this crap.
This is part of the R family long term strategy to ensure an RW Presidency from 2019-2028.
The R Family want RW in the Chair to upgrade the economy and deal with ethnic issues.
The R Family lack a candidate for the Presidency in 2019.
In 10 years, following RW’s term, the younger gen of the R Family will be ready for leadership.
The R Family are excellent political strategists; the fixed MS by handing over the SLFP to him two days after the Jan 8, 2015 elections. MS lost his way and became ambitious, having forgotten his pre election pledges, intending to stay in the Chair for long, a Chair which he promised to abolish!
Hi Ruzdi,
The Yahapalana National Government formed by the UNP and SLFP following the Aug 2015 elections ceased to exist on 31 Dec 2017 according the MOU between the parties.
The Cabinet of Ministers including the Prime Minister ceased to exist on that date. For a National Govt, the max number of Minsters is 45 while for a single party Govt, the max number of Ministers is 30.
The current Cabinet is therefore un-constitutional.
All decisions made by this illegal Cabinet in the months of Jan and Feb 2018 including award of tenders to friend and relatives, kith and kin are illegal.
The Auditor General should promptly recover all costs related to this illegal Cabinet in Jan/Feb 2018 including cost of attending meetings with party leaders on the current crisis using luxury 4 wheel drives and cost of top class, bullet proof security provided to the illegal Ministers at tax payer expense.