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President again calls for SJB support: But we want a general election first: Tissa

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While revealing that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had called Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to join the government collectively, SJB National Organizer Tissa Attanayake said his party had told the President to hold a general election first.

“We have told the President that a general election should be held first to find out the opinion of the people. We have told him that we will consider supporting him depending on the fresh mandate of the people,” Attanayake told a media briefing.

"The President told us to work with him collectively, but the main issue is that he is allied with the wrong people. He is with the SLPP which is responsible for the current economic crisis. This is the main reason which is stopping us from working with the President,” he said.

“At the same time we do not welcome the recent comments made by the President at the Law conference. He has said people are tired of elections and no party will secure 50 percent of the votes in future elections. We feel that the President is trying to imply that the election map of the country will be folded temporary and no elections will be held in the near future. The right thing which the President could do is to hold a referendum and seek the people’s consent to temporarily postpone elections.  However, we request the President to hold any election, be it Presidential, general, provincial councils or even the local government elections without further postponements,” he added.

At the same time the SJB National Organizer said the President’s remarks may have been aimed at the court cases with regard to postponement of pending local government elections. (Yohan Perera)

 

 


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  • Love LK Monday, 05 June 2023 12:57 PM

    I don't like to see any dispute between UNP and SJB ...that is not good at all for the country...instead they all have to come up with United front or common ground to work together...No point now to see party politics over small issues .After all UNP and SJB are one ...It is SLPP who destroyed this country. ..you don't need to have any political lessons to know that ...the entire country knows who has destroyed this country and its economy... NPP; and SJB have a greater support from public ...UNP either join with SPP or with SJB ...No other options...

    Zaid Monday, 05 June 2023 01:17 PM

    This is cheap politics. Can we afford an election now? If SJB support is dwindling, take corrective measures! Any party that wins will have to build economy all over again. Let’s put country forward - for once!

    Citizen k Monday, 05 June 2023 01:39 PM

    We have put the country forward,but to develop it we need true democracy and people's mandate is part of it.

    cloy Monday, 05 June 2023 01:31 PM

    It is easy for Tissa A and like-minded people to put the blame on SLPP alone. It was under them that the economic growth was 7 before 2015. If not for the 2015 blunder to scuttle the then govt which was running the country better, even with some weaknesses, the country would have been in a better shape now. The general public have eaten the lies, lies and more lies that made to circulate by certain parties with hostile agendas to the country. What was the status of the country in terms of economical, national security and socially when GR was taken over the country? Then came the pandamic and rest is history. Only the blind catchers of SJB, NPP can write nonsense without bias-minded analysis.

    KOLA KOTIYA Monday, 05 June 2023 02:09 PM

    TISSA NEXT ELECTION YOU WILL GET KICKED OUT PLEASE CLOSE YOUR MOUTH AND WAIT TILL THE NEXT ELECTION

    Dinesh Monday, 05 June 2023 02:13 PM

    Does he think that the president is so stupid as to believe him what he says "... we will consider supporting him depending on the fresh mandate of the people" when all the SJB has done over the past year is to attempt to sabotage the path the president is seeking to take the economy and contry on. This is most likely being done for mere narrow politcal expediancy.

    Adwani Tuesday, 06 June 2023 08:51 AM

    Tissa wants election, when Gota called his SJB immatured in politics Leader to takeover the guy got scared and failed to takeover.

    Prof. M.C. Ratnayake Tuesday, 06 June 2023 09:20 AM

    Tissa, like you crossed over and creped under the sarong of Mahinda, 50-60% SJB guys are ready to join Ranil after having secret talks do you know that?

    Surain Tuesday, 06 June 2023 10:03 AM

    President has no vision to develop country only vision is to take more and more loans aldo sell all government control profit making business then spread the news that the economy is getting better whereas economy is going down the pallam situation is becoming so hard for middle and law income families to live situation out of western province is going bad to worse

    Man Tuesday, 06 June 2023 10:37 AM

    @Love LK; The UNP already joined with the SLPP as there are so many Bond scams since 2004 and all of them got some similarity to join so when the other parties do not have such similarity.

    Man Tuesday, 06 June 2023 10:37 AM

    @Love LK; The UNP already joined with the SLPP as there are so many Bond scams since 2004 and all of them got some similarity to join so when the other parties do not have such similarity.


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