‘Target is to devolve power without dividing country’ – Prime Minister
A majority of parties who have made proposals for Constitutional reforms have come to an agreement on the devolution of power within a unitary Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told journalists in Jaffna.
He added that “our target should be to devolve power without dividing the country. The word ‘unitary’ should be interpreted as one country,’ the Premier said.
The Prime Minister said this in reply to a question posed by journalists when he visited the office of the famous independent ‘Uthayan’ newspaper in Jaffna on Wednesday October 16 and held discussions with its editorial staff.
The Prime Minister said that the power to take the final decision on constitutional reforms rested with Parliament and the people.
Asked whether the constitutional reform process would be further pursued after victory at the Presidential Election Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said that after winning the Presidential election a government having a majority should be set up after a Parliamentary election. It was through such a process that Sri Lanka could be raised to the status of a developed country by carrying forward not only constitutional reforms but economic and social reforms as well, he argued.
He said victories obtained for the people with a minority government could be further strengthened and consolidated only through a government having a Parliamentary majority.
(Source: Daily News)
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You all ready have divided the country on the expense of Sinhalese people you senile old bastered.
This is Elam, and our foolish PM does not even recognise it, or understand the long term implications.
We are one step away from losing our country.
Devolving power means losing our independence, similar to going back to colonial rule.
Once power is given, it can never be regained, especially from a community hellbent on forming their own country.
They will never give it back!
Almost two thirds of our coastline will be under their rule, as well as our cultural heritage sites.
In time, there will be free movement of people from South India, and demographics of the country will change.
Thereafter, the rest of the country will be under threat, and the Sinhala people will become a minority.
This is a carefully orchestrated plan to appropriate a country for a community that wants a country of their own!
Wake up Sri Lankans! We are at a crucial turning point of our history.
We cannot let this happen!
Kanishka I totally agree with you. This old senile basterd will destroy Sinhalese people and the country.