President Sirisena Has Acted Proactively
Hema SenanayaAugust 16, 2015
President Mithripala Sirisena has begun to act proactively. This is something I was expecting. But I was expecting him to act decisively immediately after the conclusion of the general election. Instead, President Sirisena has begun to act proactively and decisively on the eve of the election in order to ensure the political stability of the country for the next five years after the general election. I being an economic analyst have been keen about the political stability of the country. No economic development agenda is possible without peace and political stability. In this particular moment of history I knew that political stability should arise from the Central Committee of SLFP. There cannot be any stability if the general secretaries of SLFP & UPFA and present members of respective Central Committees do not understand the vision and wishes of the President Sirisena.
The President sacked both Anura Priyadarashana Yapa and Susil Premajayanth from the positions they held in SLFP and UPFA. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and Susil Premajayantha had now been prevented from functioning as the General Secretary of SLFP and Secretary of UPFA respectively. Instead of them President has appointed Duminda Dissanayake as the secretary to SLFP and Dr. Wiswa Warnapala as the secretary to UPFA.
I have been expecting this to happen for a while. Yet, I expect it to happen immediately after the conclusion of the general election. I have documented it by writing an article titled “Thinking of a president” to Colombo Telegraph on July 15th. Let me quote it. It may be a little bit long quote. But it says what has to be said. I wrote as follows: