report in The Island, Sept 8, 2023Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, in an interview with Sirasa TV on Wednesday night, said that she would have gone for a general election if she had been in President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s shoes. She said that Wickremesinghe did not go for an election because he feared defeat.Wickremesinghe had been able to halt the rapid decline of the country but he was unable to move forth because he worked with…
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by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Aug 8, 2023President and National Policies Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe expecting the Parliament’s support for the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution is futile and an act aimed at deceiving the people, claimed Opposition Parliamentarian Prof. G.L. Peiris. Speaking at a media briefing in Colombo yesterday (7), he claimed that Wickremesinghe is to address the Parliament tomorrow (9), seeking the Parliament’s support to implement the 13th Amendment.…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Aug 5, 2023The government has moved beyond selling strategic industries and has started selling entire districts to foreign countries, National Peoples’ Power (NPP) stalwart Sunil Handunnetti said, addressing a seminar in Colombo on Thursday (03) night. “Ranil went to India recently and met Modi. But the real important meeting was with billionaire Adani. In India, people call Modi ‘Madani’. Because Adani is Modi’s pillar of power. Adani calls shots,”…
by Sumudu Chamara in The Morning, Aug 2, 2023The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which has not been enforced in full, despite having remained a part of the country’s Constitution for decades, has become what is referred to in the famous Sinhala saying as being “like the beggar’s wound”, an issue that does not seem to ever get resolved. Similar to almost all past Heads of State, following his appointment as the President, Ranil Wickremesinghe…
by Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, May 19, 2023Rebel SLPP lawmaker Gevindu Cumaratunga yesterday warned that post-war national reconciliation couldn’t be achieved by appeasing the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). National List MP Cumaratunga said so commenting on the discussion President Ranil Wickremesinghe had with lawmakers representing the Northern and Eastern Provinces. The talks centered on devolution of power. The Tamil National People’s Front led by Gajendra Kumar Ponnambalam skipped the meeting. MP Cumaratunga found fault…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, Apr 7, 2023The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Government Party has not made a decision yet as to whether they would support the incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe to run for a second Presidential term, The Daily Morning learned. When contacted by The Daily Morning, SLPP General Secretary and Parliamentarian Attorney Sagara Kariyawasam said that such a decision has not been made yet and that the Party will make…
report in Daily FT, Jan 10, 2023Tamil political parties led by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has decided to give President Ranil Wickremesinghe a seven-day ultimatum during which he will be expected to fulfil three demands made by the party. Speaking to the Daily FT, Vanni District TNA MP Selvam Adaikkalanathan said the party has decided to walk out of talks with President Wickremesinghe if these demands are not met within the time frame set…
report in The Morning, , Dec 6, 2022President Ranil Wickremesinghe, addressing the inauguration of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit yesterday (5) in Colombo, said that China has requested Sri Lanka to speak to the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China in connection with ongoing debt restructuring process for the purpose of accessing the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) bailout programme. He reiterated that Sri Lanka has commenced debt restructuring talks with China. The President also noted that…