Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe is NOT going to quit. That is what we hear in the media.
Apparently, Sri Lanka Freedom Party has appointed minister for Transport and aviation Mr Nimal Siripala De Silva as their represntative to meet Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe and ask him to resign from the post of Prime minister. It is reported that Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe has turned down Mr Nimal Siripala De SIlva's request and informed that he will face the no-confidence motion in the parliament tomorrow.
It is a well known fact that Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe is a seasoned campaigner in the parliament and an expert in manipulation of members of the parliament.
I am sure there is no connection between The minister for Transport and Aviation Mr Nimal Siripala De Silva challenging Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe and sudden industrial action of the Bandaranayike International Airport workers and crippling the day to day operations of the airport.
As mentioned by the leaders of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, members of the parliament are being offered handsome gifts. Going rate is from 8 to 20 million rupees.
In 1964 the United National Party has brought forward a no-confidence motion against Mrs Sirima Bandaranayike's government. Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe's father Mr Esmond Mr. Wickramasinghe was instrumental in getting the required votes to bring down the government. He managed to obtain the required numbers. Mr Mangala Samaraweera's father Mr Mahanama Samaraweera was one of the ministers who took whatever given by Mr Esmond Wickramasinghe and voted against his leader Mrs Bandaranayike while Rajapakses joined hands with her.
Today Rajapakses are challenging Mr Esmond Wickramasinghe's son Mr Ranil Wickramasinghe, while Mr Mahanama Samaraweera's son Mr Mangala Samaraweera and Mrs Bandaranayike's daughter Mrs Chandrika Kumaratunge are trying to save him.
If Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe loses tomorrow he will be chased out of the politics by his fellow party members. However with the billions of rupees "earned" from the Central Bank Bond Scam at his disposal, chances are very slim for him to lose the vote.
In 1964 the United National Party has brought forward a no-confidence motion against Mrs Sirima Bandaranayike's government. Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe's father Mr Esmond Mr. Wickramasinghe was instrumental in getting the required votes to bring down the government. He managed to obtain the required numbers. Mr Mangala Samaraweera's father Mr Mahanama Samaraweera was one of the ministers who took whatever given by Mr Esmond Wickramasinghe and voted against his leader Mrs Bandaranayike while Rajapakses joined hands with her.
Today Rajapakses are challenging Mr Esmond Wickramasinghe's son Mr Ranil Wickramasinghe, while Mr Mahanama Samaraweera's son Mr Mangala Samaraweera and Mrs Bandaranayike's daughter Mrs Chandrika Kumaratunge are trying to save him.
If Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe loses tomorrow he will be chased out of the politics by his fellow party members. However with the billions of rupees "earned" from the Central Bank Bond Scam at his disposal, chances are very slim for him to lose the vote.
//Today Rajapakses are challenging Mr Esmond Wickramasinghe's son Mr Ranil Wickramasinghe//
ReplyDeleteAre you sure Sarasa thuma? I assume Mr Wikramasinghe will be able to retain his position I think all this is for just to give him confidence, so this is no "no-confidence " this is a vote to give him confidence!
All this is being orchestrated by powerful parties.
@ Lankika
DeleteUNP Parliamentary group member told me that the responsibilities of the party would be handed over to a new group before April 30, referring statement issued by the UNP leader today.
The statement said Mr. Wickremesinghe had informed the group that discussions in this regard would be held on April 8 and 9 among all UNP MPs and working committee members.
Mr Lanka and Ano,
DeleteAll what we could do is to wait and see... if we are lucky, some bond scam money may find its way to us....
:D
Dr. Sarasa,
ReplyDeleteAccording to the recent news reports, TNA has indicated they are going to vote against the No Confidence Motion against PM Ranil Wickramasinghe. The Central Bank bond scam was already proven in front of a Presidential Commission. The current No Confidence Motion is based on the Central Bank bond scam and actions related to it by PM Ranil Wickramasinghe. Allegations against the PM include, paving the way for the bond scam by removing the Central Bank from the finance ministry and placing it under the PM, appointing Arjuna Mahendran who is a non- citizen of Sri Lanka for the position of Governor of the Central Bank, protecting the first accuse Arjuna Mahendran, misleading parliament, exerting pressure on COPE members etc, etc. How ridiculous, that the official opposition” announce they are going to vote against these allegations, even before the motion is debated in the parliament. At one stage of the current crisis, it was reported even the President wanted the PM to step down. But why this opposition is so supportive of this government? What is their ulterior motive behind protecting PM Ranil Wickramasinghe? Why are they trying to keep the weakest link as the leader of this country? What is their ultimate goal? These are the questions Sri Lankans should find answers to. Thus please provide platform for discussions on this topic & similar topics related the future of our motherland.
Money made by the bond scam is being distributed to get votes in the parliament.. Joint Opposition should table no confidence motions once a month so that we could recover all the Bond scam money!
Delete@ Sa rasa,
ReplyDeleteඅප ඇතුළු බහුතර ජනතාව විසින් 2015 ජන. 08 හංසයා ලකුණ ඉදිරියේ කතිරය ගසා ගෙදර යැවු පසුගිය දූෂිත රාජපක්ෂ රෙජීමය පවා පරදවමින් තෙවසරක් තුළ අධික වේගයකින් දූෂණයේ කප් ගැසූ වත්මන් අන්ත දූෂිත අශීලාචාර කුජීත යහපාලන රෙජීමයේ සැබෑ අණ දෙන නිලධාරී රනිල්, මෙවරත් අගමැතිකමින්වත්, පක්ෂ නායකත්වයෙන්වත්, ඉවත් නොවීමට තීරණය කර ඇතැයි ස්ථීරව පෙනේ.
දැන් 2020 තමන්ට ලැබෙන අවසන් අවස්ථාව බව රනිල් දනී, ඉතින් 2018 පෙබ. 10 සැබෑ ජනතා විප්ලවය දැකීමෙන් මේ වන විට වික්ෂිප්ත වී සිටින ගෝත්‍රිකත්වයෙන් මරා කල්ලියද පරදවන පට්ට ගෝත්‍රික වැඩවසම් යූ.එන්.පී අමන හොර මුල ද දන්නා පරිදි 2020 වන විට රනිල් ගේ වයස 71කි, 2025 වන විට රනිල් ගේ වයස 76කි.
වයස 76 දී ඡන්දය ඉල්ලීමට රනිල්, මහින්ද මෙන් තරුණකම රැකගත් අයෙකු නොවේ. රටේ ඡන්ද වලින් 1/3ක් ගත නොහැකි තමන්ට ජනාධිපතිවරණයකින් ජයගන්නවා තබා, එජාප අපේක්ෂකයා වීමට පක්ෂයේ අනුමැතිය ලබා ගැනීම පවා අසීරු බව රනිල් දනී. එම නිසා, රනිල් විධායක ජනාධිපති ක්‍රමය ආහෝසි කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ගෙන ඒමට විශාල ඉඩක් තිබේ. එයට ජවිපෙ සහාය අනිවාර්‍යයෙන්ම ලැබෙනු ඇති අතර සිරිසේන ද ඊට ඉඩ දීමට සැලකිය යුතු ඉඩක් තිබේ. ඒ අනුව පළාත් සභා අහෝසි නොවී විධායක ජනාධිපති ක්‍රමය අහෝසිවන සහ ඒ ඔස්සෙ රට බෙදී යාමට හේතුවන තත්වයක් නිර්මාණය වනු ඇත. එම නිසා මීට දෙමළ සන්ධානයේ වුවද උදව් ලැබීමට ඉඩක් පවතී. (දැනට විධායක ජනාධිපති සතු පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරුන් පත් කිරීමේ බලය ආදිය ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක සභාවට හිමිවන ආදී තත්වයක දී, දෙමළ සන්ධානය විධායක ජනාධිපති ක්‍රමය අහෝසි කිරීමට ඡන්දය දීමට ඉඩක් පවති.)
ඒ නිසා අද ඇතමුන් කථා කරන ගෝඨා 2020 වැනි ව්‍යාපෘති කිසිදිනෙක ක්‍රියාත්මක නොවන ව්‍යාපෘති වීමේ විශාල ඉඩක් පවතී. එම නිසා 2020 පැවැත්වෙන්නේ මහමැතිවරණයක් පමණක් වීමට ඉඩ ඇත. පොහොට්ටු වාදීන් (මරාවාදීන් - ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය ඇතුළු ) කණ්ඩායම් මෙන්ම මෙවර යහපාලන හොර මුලත් ජවිපෙ බොරු වැලත් කුජීත ලෙස කිච කර දැමීමට පොහොට්ටුව ඉදිරියේ කතිරය ගැසූ නිදහස්මතධාරී අප ඇතුලු අත්‍යන්ත බහුතර (සියයට 60-70% ක් ඉක්මවූ) පාවෙන ඡන්ද දායකයින් මේ තත්වය සැලකිල්ලට ගත යුතුය. මේ පිළිබඳව ලාංකික සිතුවිලිගේ අදහස කුමක්ද? එක්සත් ජනපදය වැනි රටවලට ෆෙඩරල් ව්‍යවස්ථාව අති සාර්ථක වුවත් දැනටත් දැඩිලෙස කුලල් කා ගන්නා බෙදී වෙන්වී කුඩා කොටසක එක් ජාතියකට නායකත්වය දී ලොකු පොරක් වීමේ මානසිකත්වයෙන් සිටින ලාංකික දේසපාලුවන් සමග ෆෙඩරල් යනු යුගෝස්ලාවියාව, ඊස්‍රායෙලය බඳු අවුල් ජාලයක පෙර නිමිත්තකි. ඉතින් ඔබ මේ ගැන දරන මතය මොකක්ද?
දැනට තිබෙන විදායක ජනපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු ක්‍රමය වඩා හොඳ බව මගේ වැටහීමයි!
Delete//Never quit....// Exactly..
ReplyDeleteBut first person came to my mind when I see the topic, to be honest, is 'Sarasathuma'.. :))))
:D
DeleteSarasa,
ReplyDeleteCan you please write what has happened to the Mahanama Samarweera at the end for the sake of the youngsters?
Mr Sugathapala De Silva explains that vividly in his book "බල්ලෝ බත් කති ". Apparently a Minister of Mrs Bandaranayike's government has demanded a night with a famous actress as his fee for defecting in to the opposition and voting against the government. After the government was defeated, the minister in question called his contact and demanded the services of the famous actress. They told him that it is not possible to secure the services of the actress and suggested him to go for the other alternative, namely his own mother!
DeleteI wanted to point out that Mahanama Samraweera committed suicide by shooting himself. I hoped that you knew the back story.
DeleteNo sir, I was not aware of that! Care to give more information please?
DeleteDear Dr. Kumar, This so called No-Confidence Motion against the Prime Minister is not just against him, but in its practical implication it is about the government as a whole.
ReplyDeleteTherefore this is not about how it is interpreted constitutionally, but how it would work out, practically, if it wins, isn't it Dr.?
If it wins, the President could appoint a new prime minister. Simple as that!
DeleteMr. Kaluarachchi, in my opinion, in purely constitutional terms, the government could well go on under a different prime minister even if Mr Wickremesinghe is ousted by the No Confidence motion.
ReplyDeleteBut, how practical is that? If this one wins, this is the beginning of a very rapid end right? So what's your opinion on This?
Sir,
DeleteWe are just observers. Lets see what happens next. Whatever happens, this is an eye opener to swollen-headed politicians....
Mr. Kumar K,
ReplyDeleteWith the current UNP-SLFP crisusis, any newly formed UNP leading government which is independent from SLFP partnership can appoint Sarath Fonseka to catch crooks and increase the heat on the joint opposition.
In such instance, it should act to fast track the implementation of development projects that have been stuck for too long, expedite land acquisition for FDI projects and think new ways of riot control. For most of these things, Mr Wickremesinghe can ask ex-President Rajapaksa how he managed to deliver . With all his other mistakes, he did quite well on economy, though he wasted money on a few vanity projects as I believe.
All in all, this government cannot continue this way, April 4th should be the day for a fresh start. This is the only solution I personally could foresee.
Yes sir,
DeletePresident could form a new government!
Folks we have a different school of thought in this regard, the president’s silence over the no-confidence motion and what appears to be his tacit approval of it, suggest something different as we feel.
ReplyDeleteThe president may be plotting to strengthen his hold in the SLFP by weakening the prime minister’s position in the government. His recent political decisions are reflective of the desires of the SLFP’s Mahinda-loving factions, and by extension, those of the joint opposition. Effectively, the president is playing an indirect role in destabilizing his own government and that's all we notice in this kind of situation.
Yes, what you say is true. All of a sudden our political arena has turned in to very volatile mess.
DeleteMost likely, the Joint Opposition will lose the number game as the former-president Mahinda Rajapaksa has implored, “we have delivered the signatures of all MPs on our side. It is up to President Sirisena now to carry through the rest. We await this.” This is just a media celebration & nothing is gonna change. Poor people suffer only.
ReplyDeleteYes Sir, Whoever forms the new government, poor will suffer!
DeleteMr. Kumara you can see that even if the entire SLFP and the joint opposition unite (that is 95 seats in Parliament), they still fall 18 votes short of a Parliament majority. The UNP (105 plus the Speaker) can manage to survive the vote with the help of the TNA, some of whose members are likely to vote against the no-confidence vote while some others may abstain. To guarantee that outcome, the UNP should be able to secure the loyalty of all of its MPs. If things come to a close combat, the Joint Opposition and its financers would try the old tricks that were used to buy votes for the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. Bag loads of cash will change hands.
ReplyDeleteHowever, if the Bribery Commission is really committed to fight high profile corruption, here is one case that they ought to keep an eye on.
Sir,
DeleteMoney is changing hands... that is true... therefore the JO should table this type of no confidence motions frequently so that MPs could make hay!!