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Last Updated : 2024-04-26 07:28:00
By Yohan Perera
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) said yesterday President Ranil Wickremesinghe could postpone elections only with the approval of the people by a referendum otherwise, it would be unlawful.
SJB MP Tissa Attanayake told a news conference that the President requested them to join the Government, but they insisted on having a General Elections first.
“We have told 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,” Mr Attanayake said.
“The President asked us to come and work with him collectively, but the main issue is that he is aligning with the wrong people. He is with the SLPP, which is responsible for the economic crisis. This is the main reason which prevents 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 had said people are tired of elections and no party will secure 50 per cent of the votes in future elections. We feel that the President is trying to imply that the election map of the country will be closed temporarily, 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 people’s consent to postpone elections temporarily. However, we request the President hold any election, be it Presidential, general, provincial council or even the local government election without further postponement,” he said.
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