Ranil –Karu- Sajith dicuss: Ranil senior leader and all powers to leadership council
(Lanka-e-News -16.Oct.2013, 4.30PM) A discussion was held among UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, Karu Jayasooriya and Sajith Premadasa last evening at Sri Kotha to appoint an apex leadership Council to take decisions on party matters.
Prior to this, a discussion was held between the group including Ranil, Karu and Daya Gamage, and Ven.Girambe Ananda Thera of the National Bhikkhu Front together with Sangha members at Polwatte Vihara, Kollupitiya. During that discussion, the Sangha members have presented a list of proposals to the UNP leader stipulating how the proposed leadership Council should be.
The proposals enumerated therein are :
Ranil Wickremesinghe shall function as the senior UNP leader and opposition leader .
The powers of the party leader shall be vested in the proposed leadership Council.
All decision making regarding all party activities shall be with the proposed leadership Council.
The reforms within the party and changes thereof , as well as appointments to positions shall be by the leadership council.
The powers that are now with the Executive committee shall be transferred to the leadership Council.
The leader of the proposed Council shall be Karu Jayasooriya and Sajith Premadasa shall also be included in it.
The number of members of the Council shall not exceed nine.
All changes that are to be effected shall take place within two weeks .
Ranil, Karu and Sajith who discussed the list of proposals of the National Bhikkhu Front , have agreed to hold the second round of discussions next week, reports say .
The seniors of the UNP explain that these proposals generally are progressive and salutary , and based on the party constitution the power to take decisions are even now not vested in one person - the party leader, and it is the Executive Committee that has those powers. These powers are vested in the party leader as and when necessary by the Executive committee only.
The democratic role of the proposed leadership council is lesser than that of the present Executive committee , they pointed out.
The number of members of the leadership council is less than half that of the Executive committee , and many of the members to the Executive committee are appointed by a majority of the officials of the party organizations .Moreover , if the leadership council is appointed by the executive committee itself, the vesting of powers of the latter in the leadership council is ridiculous and a joke , they claim.
Hence what is most paramount is party ‘s unity and harmony . Following today’s discussions among Ranil, Karu and Sajith , if the latter does not follow his characteristic backstreet policies of running with the hare and hunting with the hound , and does not display that dastardly characteristic of painting a different picture when coming out after the discussions, that would be most welcome , the seniors who know too well about Sajith’s evil traits revealed. Sajith is waiting with his mouth widely opened until Maharaja’s microphone is held to it , political analysts told Lanka e news.
(Lanka-e-News -16.Oct.2013, 4.30PM) A discussion was held among UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, Karu Jayasooriya and Sajith Premadasa last evening at Sri Kotha to appoint an apex leadership Council to take decisions on party matters.Prior to this, a discussion was held between the group including Ranil, Karu and Daya Gamage, and Ven.Girambe Ananda Thera of the National Bhikkhu Front together with Sangha members at Polwatte Vihara, Kollupitiya. During that discussion, the Sangha members have presented a list of proposals to the UNP leader stipulating how the proposed leadership Council should be.
The proposals enumerated therein are :
Ranil Wickremesinghe shall function as the senior UNP leader and opposition leader .
The powers of the party leader shall be vested in the proposed leadership Council.
All decision making regarding all party activities shall be with the proposed leadership Council.
The reforms within the party and changes thereof , as well as appointments to positions shall be by the leadership council.
The powers that are now with the Executive committee shall be transferred to the leadership Council.
The leader of the proposed Council shall be Karu Jayasooriya and Sajith Premadasa shall also be included in it.
The number of members of the Council shall not exceed nine.
All changes that are to be effected shall take place within two weeks .
Ranil, Karu and Sajith who discussed the list of proposals of the National Bhikkhu Front , have agreed to hold the second round of discussions next week, reports say .
The seniors of the UNP explain that these proposals generally are progressive and salutary , and based on the party constitution the power to take decisions are even now not vested in one person - the party leader, and it is the Executive Committee that has those powers. These powers are vested in the party leader as and when necessary by the Executive committee only.
The democratic role of the proposed leadership council is lesser than that of the present Executive committee , they pointed out.
The number of members of the leadership council is less than half that of the Executive committee , and many of the members to the Executive committee are appointed by a majority of the officials of the party organizations .Moreover , if the leadership council is appointed by the executive committee itself, the vesting of powers of the latter in the leadership council is ridiculous and a joke , they claim.
Hence what is most paramount is party ‘s unity and harmony . Following today’s discussions among Ranil, Karu and Sajith , if the latter does not follow his characteristic backstreet policies of running with the hare and hunting with the hound , and does not display that dastardly characteristic of painting a different picture when coming out after the discussions, that would be most welcome , the seniors who know too well about Sajith’s evil traits revealed. Sajith is waiting with his mouth widely opened until Maharaja’s microphone is held to it , political analysts told Lanka e news.
