JVP will vote against MR
GAYATHRI GUNASEKARA- NOV 05 2018All JVP Parliamentarians will vote against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa when the Parliament reconvenes, the Leader of the JVP, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, told the Media today (05).
Dissanayake added that Rajapaksa's appointment as the Premier was a violation of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
The JVP vowed to back the Speaker of the Parliament Karu Jayasuriya’s official statement regarding the Prime Minister and the Parliament, which is until a new faction is capable of showing a majority in Parliament, the Speaker is compelled to accept the state of the Parliament that existed before the change on 26 October.
MPs crossover for black money and Ministerial positions, said Dissanayake, adding that “it has been normalized in our country so much so that it has become a part of the political culture where they are awarded large sums of black money and other perks to join the Government, however this is the first time a President crossed over and sacked his own Prime Minister.”
This whole political conspiracy damaged the confidence of the voters and the politicians in general, said Dissanayake. “A number of MPs who voted for Rajapaksa are no longer in favour of the President and his unconstitutional Government. That is why the Government is now collecting numbers and that is why the Parliament is suspended until 14 November,” he said.
He further said that JVP is even ready to defeat the Appropriation Bill if the Parliament decides on Rajapaksa as the incumbent Prime Minister.
He noted that JVP will organize protests all over Sri Lanka against this unjust political conspiracy.
