The hatred towards the government of President Rajapaksha has been revealed once more yesterday. The campaign leaders of MR's presidential election Mangala & Sripathi crossed over and sat in the opposition with a great round of applause by the UNP & TNA.Former ministers Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Suriarachchi crossed over to the opposition benches yesterday morning, before the government presented a supplementary budget to parliament to obtain approval, for 6 ministries exceeding 650 million rupees.
They sat in the front row of the government and speaking here Mangala Samaraweera said that they arrived at the decision since they cannot adhere and agree with the government's moves.
Todays parliamentary session drew high attention of the public as the JVP too for the first time was scheduled to cast their votes against the government. So for the first time the TNA, JVP and the UNP were voting against the government simultaneously. The constitution says that if a government fails to establish a financial act then the parliament should be dissolved.
Therefore the government had asked all the parliamentarians to immediately return to the country and chief government whip Jeyaraj Fernandopulle yesterday stressed that the government cannot be defeated.
When the government was tightening their screws the Opposition Leader left for India last evening and sources say he went their to attend a wedding.
Meanwhile Suriarachchi and Samaraweera have decided to establish a separate wing of the SLFP called the Mahajana Wing.
The two former ministers have informed this move to the speaker in writing.
The letters sent to the speaker with their signatures state they would therefore continue to sit with the opposition and have asked the speaker to assign them seats considering their seniority.
Issuing a statement the media unit of the Mahajana Wing of the SLFP says the two parliamentarians would begin the wing�s political activities after paying floral tribute to the Bandaranaike Samadhi Statue on the 22nd Friday.
Both Sripathy and Mangala have sent letters to the speaker, with the same points included and hereby we publish one of those letters.
19 June 2007
Hon. Speaker
W.J.M. Lokubandara
Sri Lanka Parliament
Jayawardenapura, Kotte.
Hon. Speaker,
Sitting in the Opposition in Parliament and Issuing a Private Statement
1. At the Parliamentary election held on 02 April 2004, I represented Matara district under the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and was elected to Parliament by the people.
2. The main coalition partner of the UPFA, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, has seen its principles and political philosophy betrayed by the present Government. They have rejected the party's centrist policies and are taking our country in an extreme direction.
3. We are totally opposed to this path of extremism and in order to protect the principles of the SLFP, Member of Parliament for Gampaha district Mr. Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi and I have decided to sit in the Opposition benches of Parliament as MPs of the UPFA. We shall represent the Mahajana Wing of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
4. Therefore, I respectfully request that necessary arrangements be made for me to be given a seat in the Opposition according to my seniority in Parliament.
5. Furthermore, I wish to explain my political decision to my constituents and the people of Sri Lanka. I hereby request that arrangements be made for me to give a private statement in Parliament in the morning of June 20, 2007.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
sgd/ Mangala Samaraweera
MP for Matara District
United People's Freedom alliance
Former ministers Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Suriarachchi crossed over to the opposition benches this morning, before the government presented a supplementary budget to parliament to obtain approval, for 6 ministries exceeding 650 million rupees.They sat in the front row of the government and speaking here Mangala Samaraweera said that they arrived at the decision since they cannot adhere and agree with the government's moves.
Todays parliamentary session drew high attention of the public as the JVP too for the first time was scheduled to cast their votes against the government. So for the first time the TNA, JVP and the UNP were voting against the government simultaneously. The constitution says that if a government fails to establish a financial act then the parliament should be dissolved.
Therefore the government had asked all the parliamentarians to immediately return to the country and chief government whip Jeyaraj Fernandopulle yesterday stressed that the government cannot be defeated.
When the government was tightening their screws the Opposition Leader left for India last evening and sources say he went their to attend a wedding.
Meanwhile Suriarachchi and Samaraweera have decided to establish a separate wing of the SLFP called the Mahajana Wing.
The two former ministers have informed this move to the speaker in writing.
The letters sent to the speaker with their signatures state they would therefore continue to sit with the opposition and have asked the speaker to assign them seats considering their seniority.
Issuing a statement the media unit of the Mahajana Wing of the SLFP says the two parliamentarians would begin the wing�s political activities after paying floral tribute to the Bandaranaike Samadhi Statue on the 22nd Friday.
Both Sripathy and Mangala have sent letters to the speaker, with the same points included and hereby we publish one of those letters.
19 June 2007
Hon. Speaker
W.J.M. Lokubandara
Sri Lanka Parliament
Jayawardenapura, Kotte.
Hon. Speaker,
Sitting in the Opposition in Parliament and Issuing a Private Statement
1. At the Parliamentary election held on 02 April 2004, I represented Matara district under the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and was elected to Parliament by the people.
2. The main coalition partner of the UPFA, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, has seen its principles and political philosophy betrayed by the present Government. They have rejected the party's centrist policies and are taking our country in an extreme direction.
3. We are totally opposed to this path of extremism and in order to protect the principles of the SLFP, Member of Parliament for Gampaha district Mr. Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi and I have decided to sit in the Opposition benches of Parliament as MPs of the UPFA. We shall represent the Mahajana Wing of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
4. Therefore, I respectfully request that necessary arrangements be made for me to be given a seat in the Opposition according to my seniority in Parliament.
5. Furthermore, I wish to explain my political decision to my constituents and the people of Sri Lanka. I hereby request that arrangements be made for me to give a private statement in Parliament in the morning of June 20, 2007.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
sgd/ Mangala Samaraweera
MP for Matara District
United People's Freedom alliance
They sat in the front row of the government and speaking here Mangala Samaraweera said that they arrived at the decision since they cannot adhere and agree with the government's moves.
Today�s parliamentary session drew high attention of the public as the JVP too for the first time was scheduled to cast their votes against the government. So for the first time the TNA, JVP and the UNP were voting against the government simultaneously. The constitution says that if a government fails to establish a financial act then the parliament should be dissolved.
Therefore the government had asked all the parliamentarians to immediately return to the country and chief government whip Jeyaraj Fernandopulle yesterday stressed that the government cannot be defeated.
When the government was tightening their screws the Opposition Leader left for India last evening and sources say he went their to attend a wedding.
Meanwhile Suriarachchi and Samaraweera have decided to establish a separate wing of the SLFP called the Mahajana Wing.
The two former ministers have informed this move to the speaker in writing.
The letters sent to the speaker with their signatures state they would therefore continue to sit with the opposition and have asked the speaker to assign them seats considering their seniority.
Issuing a statement the media unit of the Mahajana Wing of the SLFP says the two parliamentarians would begin the wing�s political activities after paying floral tribute to the Bandaranaike Samadhi Statue on the 22nd Friday.
Both Sripathy and Mangala have sent letters to the speaker, with the same points included and hereby we publish one of those letters.
19 June 2007
Hon. Speaker
W.J.M. Lokubandara
Sri Lanka Parliament
Jayawardenapura, Kotte.
Hon. Speaker,
Sitting in the Opposition in Parliament and Issuing a Private Statement
1. At the Parliamentary election held on 02 April 2004, I represented Matara district under the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and was elected to Parliament by the people.
2. The main coalition partner of the UPFA, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, has seen its principles and political philosophy betrayed by the present Government. They have rejected the party's centrist policies and are taking our country in an extreme direction.
3. We are totally opposed to this path of extremism and in order to protect the principles of the SLFP, Member of Parliament for Gampaha district Mr. Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi and I have decided to sit in the Opposition benches of Parliament as MPs of the UPFA. We shall represent the Mahajana Wing of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
4. Therefore, I respectfully request that necessary arrangements be made for me to be given a seat in the Opposition according to my seniority in Parliament.
5. Furthermore, I wish to explain my political decision to my constituents and the people of Sri Lanka. I hereby request that arrangements be made for me to give a private statement in Parliament in the morning of June 20, 2007.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
sgd/ Mangala Samaraweera
MP for Matara District
United People's Freedom alliance
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Well here's an opportunity for us the younger generation to step up to the plate. All this time we had no choice but to vote with the UNP or SLFP.Mainly because our parents thought either one was the best, little realising it, that it is these two parties that have been the downfall of this country.Mangala has proved that he can do a job of work, and has the vision for a better future.He also now appears to have made a strong stand in the face of adversity.Lets not run behind the other clowns who have had there chance n brought rack and ruin to this country.Dont get me wrong I am not a mangala supporter nor his stooge but proper analysis of his thinking, which is modern, he is no extremist,and the results produced by him in the ministries he has held portfolio are the reasons i propose his name.
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