Issuing a belligerent statement, President Maithripala Sirisena refused to accept the letter sent by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya this afternoon explaining today’s proceedings in Parliament.
Sirisena, in his statement, said the Parliamentary tradition does not make it necessary to prove the parliamentary majority for the selected Prime Minister although it is up to the President to appoint a member of the house as the Prime Minister, who, in the President’s opinion, holds the majority support in Parliament.
In his letter, Sirisena said he was the sole ‘appointing authority’ of the Prime Minister.
He also added that the Speaker had failed to adhere to Standing Orders and other Parliamentary procedures when it comes to No Confidence Motion against purported Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government.
“The list of signatures attached with the motion has not been certified by Parliament,” Sirisena said whilst adding that the date of the motion had also been changed later, in an unacceptable matter.
SANATH / November 14, 2018
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Champa / November 15, 2018
Until I think of a reply, this is my tentative comment to this news.
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If this means that MAHINDA IS THE PM irrespective of the fact that he was removed constitutionally through an NCM, please all 225 or at least 190 MPs, get together and IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT.
He is insane. What he did so far is more than enough proof that he is not in a sound mind.
Then PM Mahinda can easily take over as the ACTING PRESIDENT.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!
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Fathima / November 15, 2018
“Then PM Mahinda can easily take over as the ACTING PRESIDENT.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!” – One likes it or not, the fact is half the battle all these people came forward to fight is to send MR home, MS is only a little reason.
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Champa / November 15, 2018
Fathima
Read the Constitution. When the President is impeached, the PM whoever who is in office at the time will act as the President for the balance period left in the impeached President’s tenure of office.
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nimal fernando / November 15, 2018
If you think Sirisena should be replaced with Mahinda …….you are the one who should get your head examined!
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Sirisena is an imbecile alright ……… but unlike Mahinda he has not murdered anyone ………. at least so far! :))
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Champa / November 15, 2018
nimal fernando
Who cares? If it is what Sirisena wants? He has a choice, whether he wants to go home through an Impeachment or get the country back to normalcy.
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Sinhala_Man / November 15, 2018
Dear Champa,
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As usual I find your responses honest and clear, although I agree only in part: the part that is most important at this moment.
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.Yes, Sirisena is off his nut; he ought to be impeached immediately, to save him from a worse fate. Poor man; I once liked him, but he is a raving lunatic now.
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So, anyone but him. As you know, I was never fond of any Rajapaksas; the war certainly had to be ended in some way, but now that he’s done that I have no more use for him. Some gratitude, yes.
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Ranil must also step down after this crisis is over; that is only a practical consideration; he’s been a failure time and again. Whether he personally got some of the corrupt money that his pal, Arjuna Mahendran, got is irrelevant.
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There must be time for a new set of younger politicians to emerge. That has to be carefully thought out. So, it would be common sense to allow time to lapse before fresh elections are held. Two elections are of immense importance: Parliamentary and Presidential. Of course Provincial Council elections ought to have been held on time – all on one day is sensible, but even there we had got in to a tangle. The Elections Commission had been saying those things for a long time, without going as far as the Supreme Court.
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Above all, it is important that elections are not suddenly sprung on people. It is good to have a fixed date – let it be slightly vague (4.5 plus years instead of 5 – to satisfy those who want to consult astrologers.) We have a pretty ignorant (and large) population. Ancient Athens had a democracy in which all citizens were consulted on every little issue. Only the handful of citizens. Here only the Sinhalese count. All wrong.
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We must have long term plans to develop this country.
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(BESL) Buddhist Extremist of Sri Lanka / November 15, 2018
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N. Ethirveerasingam / November 15, 2018
The parliament should not have suspended the standing orders on such a critical matter as a no confident motion. It is Tyrany of a parliament majority. The speaker exposed his bias when he should have been independent. Now we have to wait till SC reconvene. The 122 and the speaker played into the hands of MS and MR.
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Uthungan / November 15, 2018
NE
Can you please explain how the 122 and the Speaker played into the hands of MS and MR.
Do you think the SC is going to retract on it’s 14th Nov., interim order?
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Analyst / November 15, 2018
MR & Co are making themselves fools. When will they back off??
How can they go against the Supreme Court decision??
Are they making a mockery of Srilankan Law and the court’s decision .
Mind boggles.
This is exactly had been happening all along in Apeh Aanduwe.
Crab walking or moon walking ??
Nice try folks!! Never give up!!
The country has lost billions since the madness got into the heads since the 26th October.
Tourism has suffered, currency nose dived , investors are running away.
The people of this country had been put into roller coaster of uncertainty.
People are worried sick of these Political dramas which has no meaning and no fault of their own.
What’s going on folks??
Is it sheer madness or pure greed!!
Get the message , accept and back off.
God help us the people and get rid of these LUNATICS FROM THE PARLIAMENT.
For the sake of the people and the country respect the decision of the Supreme Court and BACK OFF !!
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Amarasiri / November 15, 2018
Hon Speaker of the Parliament and MPs,
Tell the current President Sirisena, who has violated the Constitution that only a simple majority is needed to impeach the President and remove him office.
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Desperate Sinhalaya / November 15, 2018
My3 pala should be impeached.
Enough is enough !
Not just be impeached, he should be jailed for ever for all what he has done sofar.
He has no right to be the first citizen in this country any more.
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Gamaraalage Hutang / November 14, 2018
Hmmm… looks like a Gazette announcement will be out on Friday!
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paddy / November 15, 2018
Scared to go to sleep on a Friday these days. Don’t know what we’ll find when we wake up.
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JD / November 14, 2018
This will be against CT’s comment policy. but, my question is Maithripala appointed a PM from the Back door when the appointed PM had only 41 members while the redundant PM had 161 members. That PM who came from the back door within 50 days emptied the state banks. He should haveen dragged to the jail because even tge ver new Bangladesh which was born in 1972 is more developed and prosecuted and jail the previous PM and now the opposition Leader who swindled $ 375,000 (peanuts from Sri lankan standards for thefts).This speaker wrote three letters, since October 26th, all of which contradicted the other. This speaker is very OLD and probably both dimentic and amnesic. so, give him a break. He will lose Gampaha this time because he will be canvassing some where else.
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Sinhala_Man / November 15, 2018
The Ranil Wickremasinghe appointment in January 2015 wasn’t so bad. For one thing My3 had spoken of his desire (almost promise) to make it during the campaign.
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Parliament was in session; the Rajapaksas were free to topple Ranil by bringing a motion of no confidence against him.
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What My3 is now doing is all wrong. Many of those voting for him wanted to be rid of Rajapaksa. For him to bring those guys in now, when they don’t even command the support of a majority in the House is indeed the staging of a coup.
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nimal fernando / November 15, 2018
And Ranil’s appointment was pre-19th amendment
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19A has stipulated stricter criteria the president should follow for the appointment of the PM
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Eagle Eye / November 15, 2018
Sinhala Man,
“The Ranil Wickremasinghe appointment in January 2015 wasn’t so bad. For one thing My3 had spoken of his desire (almost promise) to make it during the campaign.”
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MY3 can talk about his desires but still had to abide by the Constitution. In 2015 he violated the Constitution but unfortunately no one, including the so called ‘International Community’ protested. This so called ‘International Community’ have double standards!
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Sinhala_Man / November 15, 2018
Why didn’t Mahinda Rajapaksa protest, dear Eagle Eye?
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Double Standards? More likely shell shock, I suppose.
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Please don’t talk vaguely about “International community” when we are talking about common sense and decency. Yes, “unfortunate” indeed for Rajapaksa who violated all Human Rights, and stole. So did Arjuna Mahendran. (with Ranil criminally turning a blind eye).
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We demand justice for all, and the right to live in a land where there are certain certainties. We don’t want elections suddenly sprung on us, when all is in disarray.
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We’ve got to give Nagananda Koditwakku, or Sajith Premadasa, or Mangala Samraweera, or Ruwan Wijewardena time to organise themselves.
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yusuf / November 15, 2018
JD/ Jimsofty,
When your Afghan supervisor at Toronto Toilets enters through the back door, do you :
1 Tell him to do it again ?
2 Call your friends to share the experience?
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lal / November 15, 2018
Spot on JD. The fellow wrote the rules for the 19A to protect his position as PM left too many holes. Wants to hang on to it at all costs. MS should appoint him the minister for recouping Bond money. CT forgot to publish the Tamil version of the letter. Sinhala Only policy by CT?
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Analyst / November 15, 2018
Those who disrespect the Supreme Court ruling should be charged for treason.
The power hungry Lunatics should be charged for making amockery of the law and causing the general public mayhem and uncertainty.
Total chaos just because of greed for power. Those politicians who are mentally unstable should be treated. ASAP.
We cannot have Mentally deranged Politicians running our country and causing HAVOC IN THE PARLIAMENT.
The Parliament is a sacred place where Political decisions are made for the country and its people.
These Politicians are thugs on the Parliament floor!! We voted for these thugs Educated or Illiterates??
Shame! Shame ! Shame.
The Speaker should be able to control these Barbaric thugs. If the Speaker cannot the SECURITY Officials should get their act right.
Controlling the noice , and the unruly elements should be THROWN OUT of the Parliament.
It’s no joke wasting precious time trying to stop the Thugs running around like headless idiots.
Stop it. Please.
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Dinna / November 15, 2018
Sirisenas manifesto in 2015 clearly stated that he will appoint RW PM if he wins (6.2m ppl voted him in knowing that) Which he did as per the powers legally vested in him at that time. Subsequently the 19th amendment changed this powers to be subjected to other provisions/ conditions. Simple as that!!!!
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Eagle Eye / November 15, 2018
“Bangladesh which was born in 1972 is more developed and prosecuted and jail the previous PM and now the opposition Leader who swindled $ 375,000”
In Sri Lanka the guy who swindled Billions of Rupees is running around free. He is still ‘Mr.Clean’ and ‘Savior of Democracy’ for idiots in some countries in the world.
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gamini / November 15, 2018
JD, What a nincompoop of a President? He tries to compare of how RW having 41 seats became the PM ousting DMJ who had the leadership of the SLFP members who were in the majority? Firstly when the mandate was obtained, the public was made aware that if Gamarala was appointed as President, RW will be appointed as PM. Besides Gamarala as President also became the head of the SLFP and formed a coalition where both the UNP and the SLFP and the other parties being stakeholders. So RW had the required majority and was no longer the leader of only the UNP but even the members of the SLFP because of the Coalition. Therefore to compare the two situations is like trying to compare chalk and cheese. If there is no coalition and there is a division then an MP leading a minority can not function as PM, not having the majority of support from the Parliament. How can this man comprehend being a nitwit.
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yusuf / November 15, 2018
JD,
When your Afghan supervisor at Toronto Toilets enters through the back door, do you :
1 Tell him to do it again ?
2 Call your friends to share the experience?
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Ajay / November 15, 2018
Now it is time for people to take to the streets and overthrow this rascal Sira from power. Nothing else will work. He is determined to abuse his powers, violate the constitution, defy the supreme court, and break all the laws – do whatever it takes – to keep the illegal PM and his illegal cabinet in power until the general elections. He wants to ensure the elections are held under the watch of this illegal regime so that victory can be assured by hook or by crook.
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Burt / November 15, 2018
Ajay:
I feel sorry for the land of my birth and the hard working men and women that still call it home. It is they that are going to suffer not the idiots in parliament or the ball carriers that walk behind them.
No way is the country going to come out of this without taking a beating on its economy or its reputation as a democracy.
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Sharmini Serasinghe / November 15, 2018
‘Armageddon’ is descending upon them fast and will hit them in the most unexpected way.
Karmic retribution is merciless – Dittha-dhamma-vedanīya-kamma
Please be patient, Ajay.
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Umberto / November 15, 2018
This is lankan democracy. What a JOKE. Why not call in the army to take over.
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Ajith / November 15, 2018
Umberto,
It is now a military rule. Sirisena & Mahinda has decided go against people, go against, courts, go against rule of law. Sirisena thinks Military is now under his control so he can do anything what he wants. He is a backboneless power greedy master. He thinks China will protect him and Mahinda. But Srilanka will be isolated and International community will intervene and bloodbath cannot be avoided.
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lal / November 15, 2018
To Ajith:Tamils wish and Tamils deliver blood baths. Done that many times – 1958, 1977, 1981. Sri Lanka will never be as dirty, stinking state like your Tamil homeland of Tamil Nadu. Not China but SL military will protect all Sri Lankan’s as they did at Nandikadhal in May 2009. SL military saved 500,000 innocent Tamils from Barbaric Tamils.
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Babi Aachchi / November 15, 2018
The last thing we want is a corrupt military that has been complicit in many politically-motivated murders running the country.
This is our battle – not the military’s.
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Native Vedda / November 15, 2018
CT Readers
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Have you considered applying the following constitutional articles/provisions in respect of Hopper Sirisena’s behaviour?
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Vacation of office by President.
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(2) (a) Any Member of Parliament may, by a writing addressed to the Speaker, give notice of a
resolution alleging that the President is permanently incapable of discharging the functions of his
office by reason of mental or physical infirmity or that the President has been guilty of-
(i) intentional violation of the Constitution,
(ii) treason,
(iii) bribery,
(iv) misconduct or corruption involving the abuse of the powers of his office, or
(v) any offence under any law, involving moral turpitude, and setting out full particulars of the
allegation or allegations made and seeking an inquiry and report thereon by the Supreme Court.
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Amarasiri / November 15, 2018
CT Readers and Citizens,
“the President is permanently incapable of discharging the functions of his
office by reason of mental or physical infirmity or that the President has been guilty of-
(i) intentional violation of the Constitution,”
and because his balls had already dissolved, after the illegal; dissolution of the Parliament.
So, its time to remove him as president, and let him save the remaining fraction of his balls.
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Sinhala_Man / November 15, 2018
Dear Native Vedda,
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Is that really part of the Constitution? Section 38?
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There’s no doubt that My3 ought to go for more than one of those reasons. The problem is not belling the cat; plenty of us would volunteer to do so.
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The problem is that the metaphor used is misleading; how to forensically prove those things?
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edwin rodrigo / November 15, 2018
Kalaveddah, if this is true then you have hit the jackpot. I will join you to fight our common enemy. Canis Lupus Familiaris is not an ordinary CLF. It is a mad CLF. Dangerous to society as a whole.
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Let us put it in protective custody.
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Burt / November 15, 2018
NV
The SC for the time being has only stayed the gazette notices you don’t know what the SC will say on Dec 7th. The time taken is too long and SLFP wants a full bench may be they know how many judges are for sale. If it rules in favor of the Appaya then you are going to have a minority government.
With a minority govt there is no hope of passing a budget which means it will have to run on emergency spending bills and easy to loot.
Even under minority govt you could bring a motion to impeach the president. If successful the PM moves to the seat of the President but as is MR is disqualified has he has served two terms.
See what happens when you elect idiots to the top most office. This is going to drag and the economy is going to crash sooner than later.
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Eagle Eye / November 15, 2018
Burt,
“See what happens when you elect idiots to the top most office.
It is Demalu (Hindu and Muslim) and Sinhala UNP idiots who elected the idiot to the top most office.
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Native Vedda / November 16, 2018
Burt
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True.
These are politicians who do not give a toss about economy, country, people, …………..
Most politicians built their career being naysayers, bigots, blatant racists, crooks, liars, ……………….. should be serving long sentences however somehow they have managed to sell their own image to the stupid people as patriots, ………… anti minority, …………
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It has worked in the past and will work in the future.
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Well people have to navigate through rocky seas as they have done for many millennia. Democracy in this island has not worked at its full capacity, we never demanded it either.
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Nic / November 15, 2018
All of the above provisions are valid
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Liyanage / November 15, 2018
(b) No notice of such resolution shall be entertained by the Speaker or placed on the Order Paper of Parliament unless it complies with the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) and—
(i) such notice of resolution is signed by not less than two-thirds of the whole number of Members of Parliament, or
(ii) such notice of resolution is signed by not less than one-half of the whole number of Members of Parliament and the Speaker is satisfied that such allegation or allegations merit inquiry and report by the Supreme Court.
(c) Where such resolution is passed by not less than two-thirds of the whole number of Members (including those not present) voting in its favour, the allegation or allegations contained in such resolution shall be referred by the Speaker to the Supreme Court for inquiry and report.
(d) The Supreme Court shall, after due inquiry at which the President shall have the right to appear and to be heard, in person or by an Attorney-at-Law, make a report of its determination to Parliament together with the reasons therefor.
(e) Where the Supreme Court reports to Parliament that in its opinion the President is permanently incapable of discharging the functions of his office by reason of mental or physical infirmity or that the President has been guilty of any of the other allegations contained in such resolution, as the case may be, Parliament may by a resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of the whole number of Members (including those not present) voting in its favour remove the President from office.
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paragon / November 15, 2018
THIS LUNATIC PRESIDENT MY3 is only thinking about his ego and not about the country and the poor people.earlier he was talking about BLOOD BATH in parliament and ITS LOOKS LIKE HE IS PURPOSELY INVITING A BLOOD BATH in parliament and in the country.he is not taking international pressure re-powers of parliament AND HE IS INVITING INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION VERY SOON.and this pisu miniyake DAYS ARE NUMBERED.day by day MY3 is making MHAINDA unpopular by his foolish actions.
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Bingo / November 15, 2018
Mad dog getting madder every day!
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John Mancini / November 15, 2018
MR MAITHRI PAAAAAAAALA
Tradition in not the constitution you stupid moron. If you cannot obey the Supreme court order and not abide by the constitution like the rajavassas please leave politics.You and your gas gam bettas are ruiining the country. Go to yur village and be a framer like your stupid village farther.
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Manel / November 15, 2018
Why the hell is this man putting this country in chaos, and leaving the people confused? Is this showing love for the country? We have lost so much the last few days, with international agencies, and countries, issuing travel advisories, and this is not going to be good for tourism. Sirisena has become a power hungry man, who just can’t let go, and he keeps making blunder after blunder, plunging this country into darkness. Why isn’t he accepting what our courts and our parliament has concluded?
He is now throwing a damn tantrum, and refusing to adhere our constitution.
Idiotic man. He is NOT fit to lead this country.
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Ajay / November 15, 2018
There is still hope if from this critical moment onwards the police and the armed forces refuse to carry out any illegal or unconstitutional orders by the President or the illegal PM and his cabinet. Only then these criminals in power will begin to relent. Otherwise there’s no hope.
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Uthungan / November 15, 2018
Ajay
It is a big “if” whether the police and army will or not carry out illegal or unconstitutional orders of the President, considering the majority race’s predominance in the said services.
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Naman / November 15, 2018
I do wish that all PUBLIC SERVANTS including Police and Armed forces do not carry out illegal orders of Fake PM & his cabinet.
Country needs to get back to NORMAL. Maithri and Mahinda Stop being stupid and don’t rely on Thuggery
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Sinhala_Man / November 15, 2018
Part One
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Dear Mr Maithripala Sirisena,
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May I know by what authority you say all this? I was one of the 6.4 million people who voted you in as the President in January 2015. I even helped your campaign in little ways. I was your very sincere supporter when you told us all that you were going to be our servant. I used to consider you an intelligent and educated man.
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Yes, educated. You use our mother tongue beautifully, and there seemed to be substance in most of what you said, because I’m sure that you have read widely. You seemed to embody the best of our traditional culture.
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Up to about a year ago I was defending you against those who were making snide remarks about you. Many of them were based on the fact that your command of the alien language in which I am typing this was less than that of those who live in the capital area of our country – an area with which you were quite familiar, but where you were merely a Minister – a politician from whom we didn’t exactly expect overall leadership. I fear that the strain of countering all the nastiness of the parvenu (I include here all those who now flaunt the fact that they are “westernised” merely because they’d been exposed to English for a few generations; admittedly a rather eccentric definition on my part!) has taken its toll.
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At that cultural level, I used to sympathise with you; however, what we have learnt of you during the past month has made me realise that you’d changed in to a slimy character since about the beginning of this year. Now you’ve become a lunatic and a megalomaniac, despite your still demure comportment.
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I shudder to think of what lies in store for you, if you want to go on like this.
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gamini / November 15, 2018
Hereinafter according to Parliament tradition it is not a necessity to obtain a majority for a Budget or any other Bill. Just present and accept. No more voting required?
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Mallaiyuran / November 15, 2018
Gamini,
Do you want to challenge their budget ? Go ahead Gamini. They invite you to do that. (I don’t know about the vote-on-account situation) If you want to go home then you should do that.
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Barathan / November 15, 2018
Not without thought and discernment did Plato advance his concept of “Philosopher King”. He said simply and lucidly, either philosophers (read learned) must become kings or kings must study philosophy, else there is no end to a peoples’ miseries.
Russel and Radhakrishnan were intellectual kinsmen. When the latter was appointed President of India in 1962, Russel felicitated him saying he fulfilled Plato’s ideal of a Philosopher King. Should we talk further about Sri Lanka’s ill-fated selection?
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Buddhist / November 15, 2018
Result of appointing an illiterate person as President. The first act tomorrow in the Parliament should be to present an impeachment motion against the President so that when an impeachment motion is moved he cannot prorogue the Parliament.
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RAJASINGHAM JAYADEVAN / November 15, 2018
Belligerent or cowardly?
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Saroja / November 15, 2018
It is time that a psychological profile is obtained for President who is holding the highest office in the land that can be damaging to the nation and people-at-large.
Armed forces and police should desist taking orders from this scaremonger who is commander-in-chief; Hope sanity prevails as the armed forces have demonstrated. The people salute for not taking anyside and most importantly stand by the people. Please continue to protect the people and stand by them during mass protests and legitimate demonstrations;
Please mindful about this chief of all agent provocateur.
While the whole country voted for him, the President-elect was absconding in the coconut estate leaving all those supported him at the mercy of his imagined killer – the makeshift PM Mahinda.
Parliament must make a decision what kind of phobia this President must be treated for medically or impeach him through SC which requires only half the members initially. The impasse created by the President will bring the troubled nation to its feet. It is the duty of every Members of Parliament to act in unison to bring the house in order.
The constitution states:
Section 38 (2) (a) Any Member of Parliament may, by a writing addressed to the Speaker, give notice of a
resolution alleging that the President is permanently incapable of discharging the functions of his
office by reason of mental or physical infirmity or that the President has been guilty of-
(i) intentional violation of the Constitution,
(ii) treason,
(iii) bribery,
(iv) misconduct or corruption involving the abuse of the powers of his office, or
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Sunil de Sila / November 15, 2018
It appears [amongst other things] from the President’s response to the Speaker, that the Gazette of 26 October 2018, appointing Hon Mahinda Rajapakse as the Prime Minister was bad in law on account of the appointing authority having misconceived the extent of his powers.
Article 42(4) of the Constitution provides that “The President shall appoint as Prime Minister, the Member of Parliament, who in his opinion, is most likely to command the confidence of Parliament”
The questions then are:-
a) is the person who the President wants to appoint as PM a Member of Parliament,
b) is that person ‘most likely’ to command the confidence of Parliament.
When exercising discretionary power the person vested with ‘discretion’ must not act arbitrarily or capriciously. He cannot claim clairvoyant or other unfounded knowledge.
There can therefore be at least two situations.
i. that person does command the confidence of Parliament at the point of appointment but subsequently looses that support, or
ii. that person did not command the confidence of Parliament at the point of appointment.
If it is the first premise, of a person loosing the requisite confidence that he had, then the remedy is a vote of ‘no confidence’ – as would have happened if Hon Ranil Wickremesinghe lost the ‘no confidence’ motion
If the person did not have the requisite confidence, then appointment was bad and must be rectified.
If the appointing authority was motivated by malice, [in the sense of having been biased or ill informed] or admittedly of the view ‘I am the appointing authority, no one can show me that I was wrong’ the remedy lies at the temple of justice at Hultsdorp.
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Fred / November 15, 2018
The fellow simply did not have the authority to appoint MR as PM. That section of the constitution surely envisages an appointment being made when the position of PM has fallen vacant, not when the President wakes up one morning and says to himself, ‘All right I will appoint a new PM and get rid of the incumbent because I don’t like the smell of the after shave lotion he uses’. Ridiculous? Not any more than the way this President seems to think.
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shankar / November 15, 2018
“it is up to the President to appoint a member of the house as the Prime Minister, who, in the President’s opinion, holds the majority support in Parliament.”
1. so he appointed mahinda who does not have the majority support because he lost a no confidence motion..So he has to reappoint someone else who he thinks has the majority support.
“He also added that the Speaker had failed to adhere to Standing Orders and other Parliamentary procedures when it comes to No Confidence Motion against purported Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government.”
2. Let the speaker quickly without delay have a motion showing ranil is having the majority support and this time follow the standing order.After the majority is passed speaker must write to the president and say if he will not appoint ranil then it will be sent to supreme court.
For no 1 speaker has to write to the president to remove his decision to appoint mahinda.Otherwise the speaker has to say that it will be forwarded to the supreme court.
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Suranga Gunasekera / November 15, 2018
Dear Mr. President,
What matters now is not your opinion, but only the people’s mandate.
Keep your promises before we will start, giving value to your opinion.
Tradition of our country has changed due to rotten leadership. Scan the inside of your heart to find the truth.
The truth hurts, not the running after but the running from.
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Sinhala_Man / November 15, 2018
Dear Suranga Gunasekera,
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I agree. But such a mandate has to be sought at a time when all the people (who have proved time and again that they are incapable of identifying the best people for parliament), are capable of thinking rationally. Elections should not be arbitrarily sprung on the public. I ask many “ordinary” people if they have even heard of Nagananda Kodituwakku, but they haven’t. It may be that if he contests, I will give him first preference.
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There; very few realise that you can cast three preferences for President. It may be that I will cast my THIRD preference, the one that will matter, for a younger UNP candidate – not for Ranil. Who is likeliest now? Sajith. Others in the running: Ruwan Wijewardena, Mangala Samaraweera, Buddhika Pathirana.
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Heretical thought: why not Imtiaz Bakeer Markar? I told you people are politically illiterate. Few will even know who this fine man who studied at Ananda College is. No, I did not study there. We must stop being parochial, caste conscious, forget Old School Ties, etc.
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Why not Jeevan Hoole? Very honest and intelligent. Won’t work; temperamentally unsuited, and I’m sure he has no such ambitions.
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Suranga Gunasekera / November 16, 2018
Dear Sinhala_man,
Many thanks for your kind words.
I personally believe that it’s good that some people have extreme views. It balances the country.
The direction of the country should be set by the Majority. Best way to exercise this are the principles of democracy.
E.g.
Sri Lanka is a Sinhalese Buddhist country.
Do I agree? Yes
Why?
Because the culture is created by the Majority.
As long as the other religious groups understand this concept and won’t try to force their culture on the Buddhists, we will have harmony.
Without democracy we will have to go back in time and resort to violence.
Don’t worry much about right or wrong. All we could do is spread love and knowledge to a very limited crowd.
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JD / November 15, 2018
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shankar / November 15, 2018
Parliamentary traditions cannot be considered in this case because traditionally village idiots have not been parachuted into the high office of president.
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JD / November 15, 2018
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Mallaiyuran / November 15, 2018
Is there any news blackout in Lankawe.?
None of the web news are updating anything.
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Estate Labourer / November 15, 2018
Mallaiyuran,
Some disreputable websites suppress all news that is unfavorable to their paymasters.
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Wera / November 15, 2018
Show some macho brute force UNP. Peaceful protests alone wont work. This fellow wont bow down to the supreme court or to parliament. You have a duty to throw all the scoundrels including the fake PM in jail. This is treason and the country bleeds while you follow gentleman politics which most likely will become ineffective. Stop reacting and make the first move. If you don’t then you will pay a huge price and flush Sri Lanka’s economy down the toilet. You got enough talent in spades use it. Take the gamaya down now. It is also time to take into custody the former C.J. Sarath Silva for abuse of power by his own admission and for fanning the flames with stupid legal arguments. What you failed to do not just costs the UNP but the country as well. For two years you set on your backside doing nothing to expedite the many cases while your justice minister an ace rogue engaged in corrupt deals. You keep appointing stooges of the Rajapakshe era such as the current AG who should have been removed when he kept dragging cases without filling indictments. You let your own bribery commissioner go over a stupid argument with the gamaya. The list of your idiotic inaction is endless.
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whywhy / November 15, 2018
The S L F P and the leeches it had around it , always wanted to achieve their
objectives (unpopular) by any means , creating short cuts even by ignoring
or even breaking existing laws ! They always found existing laws as a barrier
for their journey that is PSEUDO SOCIALISM a misleading slogan that was
used to deceive unsuspecting masses ! Those who were raised in that camp
have no other skills in politics however long they lived under it ! That is what
we saw in MARA and now seeing in SIRA . Sira’s all nuts and bolts need to be
replaced and still it won’t work smooth ! He needs them even to go home !
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JD / November 15, 2018
Ranil and company distributed Bond Scam Profits at least among 188 memers of the parliament including Mahinda Rajapake. So, 122 popualr votes inside the parliament is a very low vote. Even Mahinda Rajapakse must have voted for Ranil.
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Dpuglas / November 15, 2018
This letter of President addressed to the Speaker of Parliament “SMACKS” something “OMINOUS” to me. Dear Readers: Please read through the lines and it would be clear to anyone, that it is written in the most “Irresponsible” manner and does not give the “Impression” of any “Presidential Tone” – that which depicts “Authoritative Seal” of a “Head of a State”. In my opinion, this “President” works on a “Hidden Agenda” and has already become a “Cat’s Paw” of a very “SINISTER” operation of a “GANG” bent on derailing the whole of “Democratic Governance” process. Day by day and hour by hour, this President will, most likely through, a “Guided Process” bring the whole of the Governing process to a “Mockery” and “SOME ONE” or a “GROUP” will be “Waiting” in the “WILDERNESS” to say: “Enough is Enough” and “I” or “WE” will be taking over to “Suspend” the Constitution and run the “Falling” Government Affairs and put it to “RIGHT”, until such time a “Democratic State” is established. This is not a WILD GUESS, but my analysis of the present “SITUATION”.
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Mallaiyuran / November 15, 2018
President is not a judge. He just cannot evaluate in that way a 225 members Parliament decision. Lawyers has to find another way to go to court to stop rejecting it. But the problem is 19A is such a Modaya Act. New King is easily going to make Minorities’ party tired and fustrustared so they will give up. New King still confident that somebody in UNP is going to make a decision in favour of him. He will wait for UNP to change its mind.
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