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Rajitha’s mendacious utterances continue: lies again that elections will be held after elections system is changed

(Lanka-e-News -05.March.2015, 11.45PM) The announcement made by Dr. Rajitha, the Cabinet spokesman that the next Parliamentary  elections will take place only after the elections system is amended, and since this cannot be effected within the time frame, the date of general elections cannot be announced now,  is an absolute lie, according to reports reaching Lanka e news. Dr Rajitha made this   announcement today during a media briefing held to reveal  the Cabinet decisions.

It  is  noteworthy  that at yesterday’s cabinet meeting , no decision was taken regarding the elections system amendments  . Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe‘s view had only been :  if the report prepared in the past by the parliamentary select committee represented by all parties headed by  Dinesh Gunawardena receives the support of all parties , the elections system can be changed.

In any event .the Prime minister earlier on said, the present interim government has been empowered by the people only until  a period of 100 days., and that the parliament shall therefore be duly  dissolved on 23 rd April , in order to hold the general elections. 

As far as the two main political parties are concerned there  is no dispute regarding the amendment to the elections system .But it is among the minor parties that there are issues. At any rate no decision was reached in relation to this at the cabinet meeting yesterday. The President is dumbfounded by Dr. Rajitha’s falsehoods uttered today.

It is unfortunate that Dr. Rajitha by his mendacious utterances has embarrassed the President and government not only on this occasion, but even several times  before: Dr. Rajitha earlier told, the president will contest as the prime minister at the next election, when the president had not even thought about it; he told a decision had been taken pertaining to the Port city project whereas such a decision was never taken; Rajitha also blabbered that K.P. had left the country when that was not the case; his disclosure that the former chief justice gave his letter of resignation to the prime minister was also a lie.

Meanwhile, at the SLFP parliamentary group meeting chaired by  the president, the latter had stated , the relevant officials were summoned to discuss whether the elections system can be changed within the 100 days program as was promised at the presidential elections.

No matter what , in the final analysis ,  Nimal Siripala and his SLFP  group are in their desperation and frustration diabolically  engaging in conspiratorial activities to the detriment of national interests : instead of abolishing the executive presidency they are trying to sabotage it , as well as by falsely claiming that the elections system must be changed , are seeking to drag the 100 days program further in order to render the UNP unpopular among the people. 

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Although I am not a UNPer I must state that it was the UNP that did about 80 % of the work for the defeat of the MR SLFP as such there is noway Maithripala will break his agreement with UNP
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