14 July 2022 11:33 pm
Claiming that the struggle was not solely to expel President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) reiterated today that the country should be brought back to normalcy soon under an interim government and go for an election to fulfil people's aspirations.
JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in a special statement that the people's true wishes and demands are not represented by the current Parliament and that an opportunity should be given for a new mandate.
"Majority in Parliament still holds by a group rejected by the people. Composition of this Parliament will not help stabilise the country and cater to the people's demands. An interim government should be formed for a short period of time and country should be brought back to normalcy and then go for an election," he said.
Parliamentarian Dissanayake said this struggle was not only to expel President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe but it was focused on creating a system change.
"Even though the main focus was to expel the President, the core of the struggle was to change the 74-year-old failed economic policy, political culture, ensure judicial supremacy, introduce a new Constitution so as to uphold democracy, put a full stop to fraud and corruption and recover stolen money," he said and added that these objectives could not be achieved from an administration formed in the current Parliament. (Ajith Siriwardana)