{"id":189548,"date":"2018-04-06T16:42:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T11:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=189548"},"modified":"2018-04-07T01:08:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T19:38:44","slug":"president-says-wont-weaken-govt-but-rules-out-one-party-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/president-says-wont-weaken-govt-but-rules-out-one-party-government\/","title":{"rendered":"President Says \u2018Won\u2019t Weaken Govt.\u2019 But Rules Out One-Party Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Maithripala+Sirisena\">Maithripala Sirisena<\/a> speaking to heads of media institutions this morning (6th) at the President\u2019s House said that \u2018as a responsible president\u2019 he will make sure that the Government is not weakened.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that there is no possibility for any single party to form a government on its own. He said that a government can only be formed if everyone came together in accordance to the number of MPs and the particular structure of the various political parties represented in Parliament. An invitation for such a union would be sent to all, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sirisena added that he is determined to strengthen the Government and move forward with all these forces.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_184768\" style=\"width: 909px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184768\" class=\" wp-image-184768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-184768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maithripala Sirisena<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":184768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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