India unofficially condemns the President Sirisena’s action
Mr. Sirisena’s appointment of Mr. Rajapaksa even before voting out Mr. Wickremesinghe on the floor of Parliament is nothing but blatant abuse of his executive powers
(October 30, 2018, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) Key level officials in the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India has unofficially expressed displeasure by condemning the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s arbitrary action based on his bad intention, a reliable source in New Delhi has disclosed.
” This is unacceptable,” a key level source in the MEA, in New Delhi told the Sri Lanka Guardiananonymously.
“Consequences of this kind of decision will have bad impacts on the country’s reputation and stability. We are worried about how the people in Sri Lanka going to overcome the situation,” the source added.
Meanwhile, The Hindu, one of the mainstream media in India published an editorial by hammering the President Sirisena’s decision.
“By suspending Parliament, Mr. Sirisena is seen to have exposed his own insecurity about garnering the required strength. The next two weeks will be crucial, with attempts at horse-trading and assertions of political loyalty amid uncertainty. None of these is uncommon in Sri Lankan politics, but the circumstances, which are entirely of Mr. Sirisena’s making, have led to a political upheaval that was avoidable. All this has come at a time of economic fragility, with a plummeting rupee, soaring unemployment and rising living costs,” the Hindu editorial has noted.
“Mr. Sirisena’s appointment of Mr. Rajapaksa even before voting out Mr. Wickremesinghe on the floor of Parliament is nothing but blatant abuse of his executive powers. Guided by narrow political interests, the President’s actions betray an utter disregard for the parliamentary process. In resorting to these emergency measures, he has not only put democracy in serious peril but also let down Sri Lankans, including a sizeable section of the Tamil and Muslim minorities that backed him in the critical 2015 election,” the editorial further added.
