{"id":195213,"date":"2018-11-05T18:08:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T12:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=195213"},"modified":"2018-11-05T18:34:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T13:04:54","slug":"speaker-recognises-ranil-wickremesinghe-as-pm-full-text-of-karu-jayasuriyas-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-recognises-ranil-wickremesinghe-as-pm-full-text-of-karu-jayasuriyas-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Recognises Ranil Wickremesinghe As PM: Full Text Of Karu Jayasuriya&#8217;s Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;As the\u00a0majority is of the opinion that all changes made in the Parliament are\u00a0undemocratic and inconsistent with traditions of Parliament and as the majority\u00a0of Parliament have requested that the status that existed before these changes\u00a0were made shall be accepted, I wish to emphasize that I am compelled to accept\u00a0the status that existed previously until such time that they and the new\u00a0political alliance prove their majority in Parliament,&#8221; says Speaker Karu Jayasuriya.<\/p>\n<p>Issuing a statement a short while ago the speaker said: &#8220;I\u00a0wish to state that these events which should not have occurred in a democratic\u00a0society is an unpleasant phenomenon that took place without the use of arms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We publish below the statement in full:<\/p>\n<p>Even though I have remained silent so far at a time our motherland is embroiled in an unprecedented crisis, I consider it my paramount duty to act in accordance with my conscience for the protection of rights and privileges of the majority of the Members of Parliament including the Leader of the Opposition of the Parliament and the prevention of the destruction of democracy that we have safeguarded up to now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Karu-Jayasuriya1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-154148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Karu-Jayasuriya1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a>I am of the opinion that the request submitted to me under the hand of 116 Members of Parliament of the United National Party, the Tamil National Alliance, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and the Muslim Congress stating that the decision made by His Excellency the President was unconstitutional and undemocratic and as they are not in agreement with the said decision that the Parliament should be summoned forthwith and seek approval thereto is extremely reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>When I met His Excellency the President on 01st\u00a0of November, he conveyed to me that he would pay attention to the request made\u00a0by me to summon Parliament and would brief me on the evening of that day\u00a0itself.<\/p>\n<p>Though it\u00a0did not materialize, he contacted me over the phone the following day around\u00a010.30 a.m. and informed me that the gazette notification proclaiming the\u00a0summoning of Parliament on 07th November would be issued and during a meeting\u00a0with the ambassadors of Japan, France, the U.S.A. and Afghanistan in the\u00a0morning of the same day, His Excellency had reiterated that Parliament would be\u00a0summoned on 5th November.<\/p>\n<p>The Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa, too, confirmed during a meeting with a group of university teachers that the Parliament would be summoned on 5th<br \/>\nNovember.<\/p>\n<p>If I am to\u00a0follow the verbal assurance given by His Excellency the President, it is my\u00a0duty as Speaker to summon Parliament by 7th November and\u00a0restore stability in the country. I consider it as the duty of His Excellency\u00a0the President too to extend his support to me towards this end.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u00a0difficult for me to remain silent in the face of severe violation of democratic\u00a0principles, forcible taking over of administration of media institutions and\u00a0other public sector institutions disregarding the moderate employees and\u00a0information to the effect that various perks and privileges are offered to\u00a0Members of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>At a time it has been brought to my attention by the majority that the lawful summoning of Parliament has been prevented and the rights of the Members of Parliament have been usurped, in the name of justice and fair play, I have to make my stance known to the world.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u00a0majority is of the opinion that all changes made in the Parliament are\u00a0undemocratic and inconsistent with traditions of Parliament and as the majority\u00a0of Parliament have requested that the status that existed before these changes\u00a0were made shall be accepted, I wish to emphasize that I am compelled to accept\u00a0the status that existed previously until such time that they and the new\u00a0political alliance prove their majority in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I\u00a0wish to state that these events which should not have occurred in a democratic\u00a0society is an unpleasant phenomenon that took place without the use of arms.<\/p>\n<p><b>Karu Jayasuriya <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaker, Parliament of Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Full Text Of Karu Jayasiriya&#8217;s Statement:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Full-Text-Of-Karu-Jayasiriyas-Statement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Full-Text-Of-Karu-Jayasiriyas-Statement.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Full-Text-Of-Karu-Jayasiriyas-Statement.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Full-Text-Of-Karu-Jayasiriyas-Statement-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Full-Text-Of-Karu-Jayasiriyas-Statement-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Full-Text-Of-Karu-Jayasiriyas-Statement-744x1024.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":195214,"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-195213","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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