Political agreement between president-Susil Premajayantha!

Tuesday, 21 July 2015

President Maithripala Sirisena and UPFA general secretary Susil Premajayantha have reached a political agreement regarding the position of prime minister in the next parliament, say reliable sources. According to that agreement, Premajayantha will be the PM if the UPFA wins the upcoming general election.

When Premajayantha participated in Sirasa channel’s ‘Satana’ programme recently, presenters asked him about the appointment of the PM, but he evaded the questions, and said, “We haven’t won yet, No. We will see when the time comes.”

As per this political agreement between the president and Premajayantha, if the UPFA loses the election, the latter will still be the deputy prime minister in a national government. As there is no such position according to the present constitution, the necessary constitutional amendments will be made.

Hearing this, Democratic Party leader, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has laid down a precondition that he should be given the deputy PM position if he is to withdraw his nominations and join the United National Front for Good Governance. After discussing this with the president, prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told him that that was not possible, due to the president-Premajayantha agreement.