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While stating that the 'law does not expect to do the impossible', President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said that he had no intention whatsoever to reconvene the old parliament.
"Whatever the cause maybe, I have no hope of reconvening the old parliament," he said during a special discussion held with his Senior Advisor Lalith Weeratunga.
He said he had no legal power to convene Parliament after early June. "The law does not expect to do the impossible,' he said.
However, he said the National Election Commission has the total authority to decide the day of the election.
Commenting on the relaxation of the police curfew, he said it did not mean that the country was out of the danger of COVID-19.
"People should not violate health officials' instructions. The virus threat still remains. We have contained it but we need people's assistance to keep it that way," he said.
Responding to concerns over lifting curfew in some of the areas, President Rajapaksa said, "Some inquire as to why we can't keep delaying the relaxation of curfew. Fifty percent of the country's economy is based in the Western Province. Economic specialists opine that if we continue in this manner, it will have a grave impact on our economy. Even I would like it if we can keep the country completely locked down for another month. Imagine the impact it will make. Only the people can dismiss the concerns of the people. If we behave properly, we don't have any issues," he said. (Lahiru Pothmulla)
Ayesha Tuesday, 21 April 2020 08:22 PM
The country cannot have a curfew for an extended period of time. But to relax it we would have to hype up testing extensively and do contact tracing ferociously. We need to improve dramatically the infrastructure of the hospitals and make sure the medical front line has enough and more PPE to deal with a surge in cases. Without doing that the simple truth is we are putting human lives in danger. We can have a massive surge in illnesses and deaths if the virus is actually more widespread than we believe it to be.
Thambyah Ramachandran Saturday, 25 April 2020 09:37 AM
This move from many political opponents of the government in the parliament that was dissolved on 2 March, that they should support the government to help the nation to overcome the COVID19 pandemic is a positive move indeed. Congratulations, for it is the need of the time, putting political DIFFERENCES behind to support the government is the most positive move opposition parties could undertake to get the country out of the present national crisis caused by the COVID19 pandemic. Of course there will be fools on either side of the divide in parliament and outside, who will give many reasons, advising the government against accepting this offer. Whereas, they are the real enemies of the state, who must be prevented from getting elected to the parliament at the forthcoming General Election.
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