Whoever wins presidency should abolish 19th Amendment – President
Posted by Editor on June 26, 2019 - 11:58 am
President Maithripala Sirisena said that whoever comes to power at the next Presidential poll should abolish the 19th Amendment to the Constitution to create stability in the country.
Addressing the heads of media institutions at the Presidential Secretariat today (26), the President has emphasized that the 19th Amendment has created two leaders in Sri Lanka.
“The 19 amendment is a curse and whoever comes to power at the next Presidential poll should abolish it, if he loves the country, the President told media head.
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100%, Gamrala, you will be not the person who assumes the King’s Chair in 2020.
You will be home in Dec 2019, Gamrala, maybe try for a job as Grama Sevaka in your hometown.
Sirisena forgets that he came into power with the election pledge of bringing a ‘19th amendment’. What he is now seeking to crush is the people’s mandate.
The 19th amendment passed in April 2015 and was hailed by many parties as a progressive move that tamed arbitrary powers of Executive Presidency while cancelling the adverse blows against democracy via the 18th amendment passed by Rajapaksas during their tenure to consolidate their power.
Modaya S******* also pledged to implement the death penalty for four convicts.
“I have already signed the death penalty for four drug dealers. They will be carried out in the near future,” he added.
He also lashed out at the state owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation for spreading fake news about him. Sirisena claims it has falsely misquoted the numbers in his delegations during foreign tou
Pallewatte,
Time to quit, my dear.
You sound so pathetic that it is becoming impossible to listen to your stupidity.
will there be a Presidential election, the UNP and allies have a very large majority in Parliament and it can easily bring a no confidence motion in Parliament against President Sirisena and win it and with amendment A abolish the President for good in Sri Lanka
Who ever win the presidency should hang you from the neck.
Ranjith,
That’s cruel; no, the Gamrala will not be hung by his neck.
The Gamrala will be taken to Courts for his misdeeds and if found guilty, he will in Welikada P for 20 years.