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SLFP moots Interim Government with new PM, Executive Council

11 Apr 2022

  • Maithri says only GR could create conducive environment
By Buddhika Samaraweera Former President and incumbent Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Chairman MP Maithripala Sirisena said that in order to overcome the economic and political crisis in the country, an Interim Government under a new Prime Minister and an Executive Council comprising leaders of all political parties representing the Parliament must be formed. Speaking at a media briefing at the SLFP Headquarters in Colombo yesterday (10), he said: “As the SLFP, we have studied this economic and political crisis extensively. In that background, our position is that an interim Government must be established under a new Premier to resolve the current crisis.” Sirisena said that the SLFP had submitted proposals to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on three occasions in the past two months on overcoming the crisis, one of which was the establishment of an Interim Government. He added that only the President could create the necessary environment for the formation of such a Government. “In addition to appointing an Interim Government, we have proposed to the President to appoint an Executive Council consisting of all party leaders represented in Parliament. If such an Executive Council is appointed, the President and the Premier should act on the advice of its members. Also, the main demand of the people now is that the Rajapaksas should go home. That should also be heard and necessary actions need to be taken,” he added. The SLFP, on 3 April, had decided to leave the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)-led Government and function independently in Parliament. It was also announced that the SLFP MPs who held state ministerial portfolios had also decided to resign from their posts. Accordingly, State Ministers Duminda Dissanayake, Lasantha Alagiyawanna, and Priyankara Jayaratne had resigned from their posts, while on 3 April, SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara had resigned from his state ministerial post, claiming that he had a serious moral setback to hold positions under the current Government.


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