Muslim Congress to support Maithri, Hakeem to leave govt!
- Sunday, 21 December 2014
At its meeting last night (20), the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress high command decided to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the presidential election, say party sources.
The SLMC is to announce its decision before postal voting takes place, tomorrow. With that, the party is to leave the UPFA government and join the opposition. Minister Bashir Segudawood did not attend the meeting, and party sources say he will personally support president Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Meanwhile, All Ceylon Makkal Congress leader, minister Risath Badurdeen, has given a deadline to the government to sign a MoU between the two, failing which, it too, will support the common opposition candidate.
Police spying on dormant MPs!
- Sunday, 21 December 2014
The president has given a special order to senior DIG Anura Senanayake to furnish a report immediately into MPs and ministers who do not get involved in the election campaign in their electorates after obtaining money from the government.
The SIS has already given details of 46 such electoral organizers.
The president has ordered the defence secretary to appoint retired senior army and retired police officer each to electorates of such ‘backstabber’ MPs and ministers.
The president has personally told the CID and other relevant institutions to keep files ready with regard to such politicians in order to strongly deal with them once re-elected.
