Dissolve expired parliament which is now a spent force forthwith irrespective of 20 th amendment rejected by minority parties- UNP working committee

(Lanka-e-News- 13.June.2015, 2.00PM) While all the minority parties are opposing the 20 th amendment, the two main parties getting together, and seeking to amend the country’s electoral system forebodes ill to the country, and is a pernicious precedent , whereby it can well lay the foundation to a huge holocaust involving the country and the people , the executive committee of the UNP decided last evening at its meeting.

This meeting which was chaired by prime minister (P.M) Ranil Wickremesinghe discussed and  decided that the hidden  aim of this proposed  20 th amendment to the constitution is  to delay the dissolution of the parliament which is now a spent force having been rejected by the people ,as its term has expired. This dilatory tactic is part of the conspiratorial anti national aims and agendas of the slaves and minions of the Rajapakses who are by now best recognized as political outcasts rejected in toto by the people , was the consensus of the members at the meeting. Through  empty talk and tomfoolery citing the 20 th amendment it is the dastardly and diabolic aim of these conspirators , to postpone this dissolution until April next year , it was pointed out at the meeting.

In the circumstances , it was the decision of the UNP that measures must be taken next towards holding a parliamentary election without delay.

Meanwhile at the cabinet meeting chaired by president Maithripala Sirisena , the decision and agreement reached  at the earlier cabinet meeting  prior to the proposed 20 th amendment , that the parliamentary seats shall remain unchanged at 225 , was again changed subsequently , and increased to 237.The number of seats at electoral level which was 160 was diminished to 145 , and are to be elected on the first past post system .On district basis , a further 65 are to be selected while the number from the national list which was earlier fixed at 25 was increased to 37.

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