Embattled Rajapakse regime petering out :3 more cross overs – new chief minister Daya Gamage ?

(Lanka-e-News- 26.Nov.2014, 7.00PM) The meteoric rise in unpopularity of the currently embattled Rajapakse regime was further confirmed when three members of the All Ceylon Muslim Congress (a constituent party of the UPFA) of Minister Rishad Badurdeen, of the provincial council of the east where the ruling party holds power also decided to quit the government and become independent members . It is noteworthy that they contested under the betel leaf symbol of the UPFA.

The three provincial councilors are : M.S. Zobair, Shibly and Ameer Ali Shihabdeen of Batticaloa district.. The SLFP has 5 members , along with them the ruling party has 22 seats in the council which include the parties forming the ruling alliance. The opposition had 15 seats , but with the exit of these three members ,the ruling party will have 19 seats, and the opposition 18 seats ,and the chief minister of the PC east is Majeed Najeeb .

Consequently ,the chief minister Najeeb’s post is in peril , and already discussions are on by the opposition to capture the ruling power of the council , and to appoint a new chief minister . Among the names proposed for the chief minister post is UNP national organizer Daya Dharmapala Kilittuwa Gamage alias Daya Gamage.

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