(Lanka-e-News -09.Jan.2017, 11.30PM) The headline news in the Lankadeepa daily newspaper on the 9 th that at the weekly meeting of the SLFP ministers last Tuesday it was unanimously decided that the executive presidency shall be continued , and Maithripala Sirisena shall field as the presidential candidate at the next presidential elections 2020 , is an absolute lie according to what was revealed to Lanka e news by an SLFP and UPFA leadership minister.
When answering questions posed by us he replied , during the discussions on that day ,nothing was discussed in regard to executive presidency . Besides the SLFP and its leader Maithripala Sirisena are not taking the stance that the executive presidency shall be continued. Miathripala Sirisena received the mandate to abolish the executive presidency , and to formulate a new constitution , the minister pinpointed.
The focus at that meeting was on groups being created within the party by claiming oneself as the future leader , and therefore that should be stopped. That is , the discussion centered on the bogus announcements made that ‘Gotabaya is contesting as president in the future’, ‘the future leader is Gotabaya ‘ , and publicizing the name of such an individual who is not even holding an official position in the SLFP party, with the motive to dupe the party and the public. It was decided those moves shall be halted. It was also pointed out and confirmed at the discussion , it is the announcement made by Maithripala Sirisena already that he will not contest the next presidential elections which has triggered this bogus and mischief creating publicity .
The minister also clarified , one of the ministers however stated , if the president declares he would contest again if the presidential election is held as before without a constitutional amendment , this publicity will stop. The discussion therefore only revolved around these issues , and no decision was taken on the lines of what was published by the newspaper , the minister pinpointed.
By publishing such a newspaper canard on the day marking the second anniversary of the president’s investiture , it was the aim and objective of the mendacious newspaper to create misgivings in the minds of the public and to provoke public resentment against the president, the minister asserted.
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