{"id":189110,"date":"2018-03-27T00:09:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T18:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=189110"},"modified":"2018-03-27T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T07:45:30","slug":"no-confidence-motion-sirisena-weighs-options-for-decisive-move-before-april-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/no-confidence-motion-sirisena-weighs-options-for-decisive-move-before-april-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"No-Confidence Motion: Sirisena Weighs Options For Decisive Move Before April 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The no-confidence motion against Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/a> tabled by the Joint Opposition (JO) will force President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Maithripala+Sirisena\">Maithripala Sirisena<\/a> to show where he stands politically, sources close to him told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_171494\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ranil-and-Maithripala-Pic-by-PMD-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171494\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-171494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ranil-and-Maithripala-Pic-by-PMD--300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ranil-and-Maithripala-Pic-by-PMD--300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ranil-and-Maithripala-Pic-by-PMD-.jpg 558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-171494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maithri and Ranil | File photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8216;The President is in a quandary because if he urges the party he leads, the SLFP, to support the motion it would throw the unity-arrangement with the UNP into disarray whereas opposing it would invite the charge that he is a lackey of the UNP, further alienating him from the party&#8217;s support base,&#8217; sources disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Since the composition in Parliament makes it an uphill task for the motion to hold, the best option for the SLFP would be to orchestrate things to have a UNPer other than Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister, sources further opined.<\/p>\n<p>However, as per the 19th Amendment a no-confidence motion can only discredit and de-legitimate Wickremesinghe in the event that it holds but not oust him. 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