UNP MPs request Sajith Premadasa as Opposition Leader
Posted by Editor on November 21, 2019 - 2:24 pm
A majority of UNP MPs have signed a letter that requests the Speaker of Parliament to appoint Sajith Premadasa as the Leader of the Opposition.
This is against a back-drop where General Secretary of the UNP Akila Viraj Kariyawasam had requested the speaker to appoint Ranil Wickremesinghe to the post of Opposition Leader.
45 MPs including Former UNP Chairman Kabir Hashim and MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara signed this letter.
(Source: News 1st)
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It will never happen. Ranil stepped down to become the Opposition Leader. Sajith can concentrate on constructing match-box houses and distributing latrine stuff & Cement bags!
Oh my god!
Please do not do that Aney Paney!
There will be nobody for Esmeee to say Kiss meeee!
Besides, Ranil is the easiest way Gota can have a second term without a fight, unless Gota have not learnt a lesson by watching what happened to his brother during the presidential election and choose people around him carefully.
Dear Mr Amarakoon. Don’t you have young blood in this country to come to the political platform. These dated old senile just don’t have the capabilities to run “Dosey Kade never mind a country.
Hi Ranjith,
The Young Blood in the UNP were given a chance in the Presidential Elections.
They used Kili M’s millions to draw crowds to their rallies.
The outcome was the worst performance in the presidential Elections.
These guys simply have zero capacity to think and be strategic.
They appear to be typical SL Politicians who care about nothing but themselves.
Now they are sending direct messages to the current regime indicating availability.
Brother Ranjith, Ranil is the last person of that leadership pretend to be a Buddhist and do not do a damn thing to Buddhists! Remember, he was a patron (In Dayaka-saba) in Kalani Temple for many years. His mothers side closely worked with the temple. Fortunately the Dayaka-saba had enough and fired RW. But in reality if you analyze carefully RW clan were anti Buddhists. Buddhists were just natives! They have this mentality. You might have noticed how UNP followers (with JVP) attacked Buddhist way of life ; Pirith chanting was banned (while allowing other religious minorities use loudspeakers at 4.30 am) in many places, Buddhist archaeological sites were systematically bulldozed (in some places after Bulldozing grew Chilies & pepper), some money collecting charity boxes were sealed, a tax imposed, some even suggested to fill rubbish in Buddhist temples, there were tele-drama with names insulting Buddha’s teaching in state TV, remember the book titled ‘Budunge Rasthiyaduwa’? Scores of Buddhist monks put behind bars, allowed Buddhist temple sites to be encroached (Kuuragala, Devalagala, Muhudu-mahaviharaya, Asirimale, Deegawaapi , Gurukanda) by a certain religious group. It came to the worst. Never in history of Sri Lanka it came to a stage where a dead Buddhist monk was not allowed to be cremated in the backyard of his own temple! Ridiculous isn’t it? Sri Lankan Buddhist were watching this carefully. Now we all know the result. UNP and its supporters got a humiliating defeat. Hope you have watched and listened popular international channels airing and giving a bad interpretation to the Presidential election results. Do you think these elements will allow RW to step down? No, they want him right in the Parliament. RW is their Darling. He will be there as the opposition leader for sometime to come.
Mr Amarakoon. Who ever come to power as the president or prim minister will like to have a puppet like Ranil to be the opposition leader because they can get away with murder. Ranil never wants to be the prime minister. Only thing is he wants to be the opposition leader and do nothing until he dies.
Ranjith,
Had Ranil (and Sirisena) been committed to Yahapalana principles during the 5 years in power and pursued those who looted the Nation in the past, the Sinhala Buddhist leadership of our Nation would have collapsed.
Surely, Modad*sa is not wanted as Opposition Leader?
Following his defeat, he bravely said he would resign from Deputy Leader, UNP position.
The idiot has not done so, to date.
Fireworks Fernando: “The idiot has not done so, to date.” – who?
Indeed, who are are you referring to? Must be Ponil? If so I agree, because the MORON has yet to resign from the leadership of the UriNePee!
If this P*nna Gemba leads the UriNePee and continues to presents an anti-SL opposition in the inevitable next new parliament in April 2020 (just has he has always done) then we are in for trouble as our beloved Motherland needs a strong but patriotic opposition to assure we have proper checks-&-balances to move our country to the next phase of mega development 2020 (this digital-age) and beyond. We do have a hope with Sajith and the younger guys, that is only if they turn 180 degrees and decide to act patriotically and no longer against the Buddhist Sinhela majority interests (i.e. unlike the P*nna Gemba and his old-guard-kooks did throughout) yes, then there is HOPE for all!
Hey Kevin,
Current SL Parliament does not require an opposition, my dear friend.
Didn’t you see? The ruling family is controlling 18 of the 30 Ministerial Subjects in the new Cabinet.
That means they are controlling > 80% of the country’s budget.
The remaining 12 insignificant ministries have been allocated to the R Family ar**lickers.
Who needs an opposition?
Tell me Mr. F.Fernanado, When Sirimao Bandaranayake was the PM Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Sons, daughters, nephews was in the Parliament. Remember, Rathwathes, Lakshman, Felix Dias? Then her uncle Willam Gopallawa the Governor? Please tell me was there an opposition then?
Dear Amarakoon,
There was no effective opposition from 1970-77 as the UNP was fragmented due to in-fighting in the upper echelons. Things turned around in the last year when JRJ emerged for the ashes.
1970-77 was a disastrous era in our nation’s life; food queues in the shops, rice from the moon and Non-Alignment with Marshall Tito.
We are heading towards something similar where the population will be promised a prosperous future based on never-ending sacrifices on the eternal pathway to Utopia !!!