After the Budget, alarm bells for President, PM
A TV grab of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, making an unannounced statement in Parliament during the Committee Stage debate on Friday.
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Wednesday’s two thirds majority vote for the second reading of the budget in Parliament portended good signs.
It is a salutary forerunner to abolish the executive presidency and introduce a new Constitution. Numbers in Parliament for its passage is not at issue at least not now. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to move a resolution in Parliament next month for the House to sit as a Constitutional Council for this purpose. That is the good side. There is also a not so good aspect, with alarm bells ringing for President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
It is a salutary forerunner to abolish the executive presidency and introduce a new Constitution. Numbers in Parliament for its passage is not at issue at least not now. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to move a resolution in Parliament next month for the House to sit as a Constitutional Council for this purpose. That is the good side. There is also a not so good aspect, with alarm bells ringing for President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
