President has no power to dismiss PM – Vajira
The President does not have the power to dismiss a Prime Minister according to the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, Home Affairs Minister Vajira Abeywardene said yesterday.
Minister Abeywardene told the media that the stability of the government has been ensured by the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which was enacted in April 2015. He also said the President also could not dissolve Parliament till four and a half years of Parliament’s term is completed.
“The mandate given by the people in January 8, 2015 still remains intact. A new president was elected in 2015 but the mandate received by the local bodies in 2011 remained unchanged till their terms were over. The situation remains the same now as well as the mandate received by the Sri Lanka Podu Jana Party is different while the mandate received in 2015 is separate,” the Minister said.
The minister added that the mandate of 2015 remains the same as all the parties who asked for a mandate for a change in 2015 has got a total percentage of 55 percent at this year’s local government election.
He added that those who made statements were not aware of the real situation. “The statements that have been made so far are not in line with the Constitution” he added.
(Source: Daily Mirror – By Yohan Perera)
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I agree also the President is the cause of our economic chaotic situation for the following reasons
The UNP should drop the President if he does not change his policy on climate change because of his utterances as our Country’s economy is so fragile as he does not appear to trust our Engineers to get investors to our country because of our President the moment he became President made a declaration about climate change to please the west he did this twice one of them recently when our per capita carbon emissions were one of the lowest in the world of 0.67 while the per capita carbon emission of 0.61 metric tons per year is very low compare it with Malaysia a developing Country (6.7) and the US a developed Country (19.78), is 10 times and 30 times more respectively and in Singapore 30 metric tons and as such there should not be any concern regarding carbon emissions these are supported by the per capita carbon emission per year statistics from the internet.
And also it can be stated from the data from internet it can be computed that even if we have 10 coal power stations the size of Norochoholai producing a total of 70 billion units per year, our per capita carbon emission per year will not exceed 70×109/21×106 = 3040 Kg=3.04 metric tons assuming a population of 21 million and 1000Kg= a metric ton, as such there is no threat of carbon emission to our country by planning for accelerated coal power projects as many as required for our country. The President’s statement contravenes article 3,4,12, 27 and 33 (f) of our constitution and as such direct foreign investors are avoiding us like a plague and also his reliance on solar power can be established has the biggest fraud committed in our country’s history amounting to several hundred million US dollars which also has destabilized our country’s economy.
This document has been sent to cope by sending a copy of a letter to NEC address to all MPs in Parliament which establishes the above statements and also by our President’s avoidance of burning coal we the people are losing over a Billion rupees. per day in the 3 years the president has caused a loss of over one trillion Rs.. This document should be obtained from the speaker by all Parliamentarians and studied and they will find the reasons no investors are coming to our country and it is definitely not because of the UNP but because of the President himself
Minister,please don’t talk nonsense,facts remain your government including President,PM,Ministers and the rest did not do your duties to the utmost satisfaction of the people. Former President lost the last presidential election because his performance was not up to the mark and people elected Mr.Maithreepala Sirisena including PM and you guys because they expected better performance than Mr.Mahinda Rajapaksa. What happened, people had to face Doctor’s strike,workers’ strike, road blocks and so on daily basis. People thought good governance make them feel everything more comfortable and easy. Farmers did not receive their fertilizers on time even for a higher price and thereby they had to undergo serious difficulties,some had to lose the entire harvest. People don’t care much as to how the government make things comfortable, to the people to go to and fro their office, providing fertilizers on time and so on. Majority of the people do not care the guide lines of democracy,what they very much care is to carry on with their day to day life well and comfortably. Even the government go little bit out of democratic guide lines in order to make them happy, still they are with the government. Whatever it is,during Mahinda Rajapaksa regime ,strikes were called off immediately,farmers received their fertilizers and so on on time and they were happy. But they wanted to be happier,this is why they voted Mr.Mahind Rajapaksa out and elected the current President and the government. Things did not work according to their expectation and this is why they responded to the government by voting Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa in again, at the first election they faced. However,Good luck to Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Hope he will rectify the lapses and weaknesses and march forward.
I googled for something I have been curious about for sometime. This was the result.
A degree with some form of the word engineer or engineering in the title is not necessarily an engineer’s degree. Particularly, a “Master of Engineering” (M.Eng.) or “Bachelor of Engineering” (B.Eng.) degree is not an Engineer’s degree, nor is any other bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree.
Engineer’s degree – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer%27s_degree
What is an MEng and BEng?
MEng or BEng? An Integrated Masters (MEng, BEng) is a four-year degree that extends your studies to Masters level. It’s the highest award for undergraduate studies in engineering in the UK.
Dear Indra. That means Sri Lanken graduates are trained to clean toilets and sweep roads in foreign countries.
These degrees does not worth the paper is written. But if they reside in Sri Lanka they will be given a big title like chief engineer and given a chair to sit down and warm it while they pick their noses.