Nat’l govt. after election, president stresses

Thursday, 23 July 2015

President Maithripala Sirisena on July 21 stressed that a national government would certainly be formed jointly by the United National Front for Good Governance and the SLFP. He made that clear at a political meeting at the home of minister Rajitha Senaratne.

At the minister’s invitation, the president had gone to his home, where he told his supporters, “A national government will be formed  

after the coming 17th. Your minister will be given a responsible ministerial position in that national government. We hope to continue with this national government for at least two years. We intend to introduce a national policy for every field in the country. We need a national policy on the national issue, health, education, transportation etc. We could not do that since independence. The two main parties only got involved in a tug-of-war. If we had a national policy on the national issue at least, we could have achieved much.”

However, former president Mahinda Rajapaksa refuses to form a national government after the election. Therefore, his loyalists will clearly oppose a national government, while his opponents will promote that idea during the election. Candidates contesting the general election from the UPFA with the blessings of president Sirisena will definitely join this national government.