{"id":194755,"date":"2018-10-26T23:48:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T18:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=194755"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:02:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:32:31","slug":"i-am-addressing-you-as-pm-of-sri-lanka-ranil-makes-confident-statement-despite-sirisenas-sacking-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/i-am-addressing-you-as-pm-of-sri-lanka-ranil-makes-confident-statement-despite-sirisenas-sacking-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Addressing You As PM Of Sri Lanka: Ranil Makes Confident Statement Despite Sirisena&#8217;s Sacking Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making a special statement to media from Temple Trees, the official residence of the Prime Minister, UNP Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/a> said he was still the Prime Minister of the country with a clear majority in Parliament.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_186163\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe-07012018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186163\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe-07012018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe-07012018.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe-07012018-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe-07012018-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe-07012018-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-186163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wickremesinghe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wickremesinghe made the statement minutes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/you-are-sacked-sirisena-informs-ranil\/\">after President Maithripala Sirisena sent him a letter<\/a>, formally informing that the UNP leader has been sacked from the Prime Minister&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am addressing you as the Prime Minister of the country. When a No-Confidence Motion was presented against me, I showed I commanded the support of a majority in Parliament. I still command the same support in the House,&#8221; Wickremesinghe said, speaking to media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Parliament will decide who the legitimate Prime Minister is. The Speaker will convene Parliament according to Standing Orders. We will resolve this matter in Parliament,&#8221; Wickremesinghe said ruling out the possibility of seeking the opinion of the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>Wickremesinghe reiterated that everyone who supported during the No-Confidence vote still stood by him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Convene Parliament. You will see the support have,&#8221; he said confidently, stating that he had discussed the current situation with other political parties.<\/p>\n<p>Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera, speaking to media after Wickremesinghe, requested the Speaker to convene Parliament even on Sunday, to allow the UNP to show its majority.<\/p>\n<p>Co-Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne, speaking at the same press conference, requested the military and the Police to work with the duly appointed legitimate government to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n<p>He also slammed at President Sirisena for making a 180-degree turn from the path of &#8216;Good Governance&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fthushara.weerarathne%2Fvideos%2F10210675853332465%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=267\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":186533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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