“Through the revelations in the Parliamentary Select Committee, it is becoming increasingly clear that the President, as the one in charge of the Defence Ministry, is also responsible for allowing the tragedy to take place. He must acknowledge this fact publicly and he should divulge whatever information he has on the attacks as well.” Withanage said the UNP backbenchers expect to bring the impeachment motion in Parliament during the next session on 23 July and that the President has till then to make an announcement. “The Prime Minister has announced that he would appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee probing the Easter Sunday attacks and disclose all information he had on the attacks. If the President takes similar steps, then we won’t bring the impeachment motion,” Withanage said, adding that if the President fails, they would go ahead with the impeachment motion. A 1/3 of MPs is required to present an impeachment motion to Parliament, which would mean the signatures of 75 MPs in the current Parliament. Meanwhile, the JVP said that it would extend its support to the impeachment motion only if the UNP had the backing of the necessary 75 parliamentarians. “If the UNP has the needed 75 MPs, then the JVP will give its support to the impeachment motion,” JVP MP Bimal Rathnayake told The Sunday Morning. Meanwhile, UNP Minister Ajith P. Perera told The Sunday Morning that while there had been no official decision, the UNP was in agreement with the sentiment of submitting an impeachment motion against President Sirisena. “There has been no official discussion on the matter as of yet at the UNP Parliamentary Group meeting or the Working Committee meeting, but we are all in agreement with this move,” Minister Perera said.