Sarath Fonseka warns of a rise of a dictator
United National Party(UNP) Parliamentarian Sarath Fonseka said that the government’s attempt to abolish the 19th Amendment will give rise to a dictator.
He said that the new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was trying to consolidate power to interfere with independent entities such as the judiciary.
Fonseka during a press conference today(7) said the 19th Amendment was brought to reduce the powers of the Executive Presidency and prevent a dictatorship in the country.
New President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following the presidential elections announced his plans to completely abolish the 19th Amendment.
The 19th Amendment to the constitution was passed in Parliament in April 2015 with the support of 215 MPs.
The amendment envisages the dilution of many powers of Executive Presidency, which had been in force since 1978.
(Source: The Morning)
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Surely you cannot be speaking of yourself – because you are not the Prez of Sri Lanka?
Of course, if you had won the 2010 Prez elections, well yes, we all were expecting “rise of a dictator” (with Obama Administration’s help at that time), but as divine fate would have it and have had over the millennia since our nation has been in existence, our dear “mura devatha” always come even at the 11th hour to protect our beloved Lanka Matha!
So what my dear Field Marshall?
Were you not hoping to be a dictator if you get the chance?
Just shut up Sarth, You all the same blaming each other. Criticising is the only good thing you all know to do.