New Delhi: A senior leader from Sri Lanka‘s Oppose team samagi jan balwegaya (SJB) said on Saturday that his party will prove majority in the state. Parliament Next week for a no-confidence motion against the government led by Rajapaksa According to a media report the family.
President Gotabaya Rajapakse To form an interim government, the 225-member parliament has got the support of 113 MPs and asked the opposition to show a majority.
“Everyone will see that next week we have a majority and I will not tell how we are going to do it,” the Daily Mirror newspaper quoted SJB MP and chief opposition whip Lakshman Kirila as saying.
“The President should resign from his post and then pursue constitutional reforms to ensure checks and balances between the pillars of government,” he said during a press conference.
Another SJB MP Mujibur Rahman, who was present during the press conference, said that his party would also push for impeachment against the President.
“We haven’t given up on it,” he said.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday extended an invitation to form an all-party government involving all political parties represented in parliament to address the economic crisis in the island nation.
The president’s media department said in a statement that he made the offer during discussions with party leaders and representatives, who are now working independently in parliament. However, it was not clear whether the outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda RajapakseThe President’s eldest brother will resign to form an all-party government.
Sri Lanka is currently going through a period of unprecedented economic turmoil since independence from Britain in 1948.
The crisis is partly due to a lack of foreign exchange, which means the country cannot pay for imports of staple foods and fuels, leading to acute shortages and very high prices.
The Rajapaksa family is under increasing pressure to resign and thousands of protesters have been camping outside the President’s Secretariat permanently for three weeks.
Street protests across the island nation call for the resignation of the entire Rajapaksa family over their handling of the economic crisis as people are forced to wait in long queues for essential items while enduring long power cuts.
In recent weeks, powerful Buddhist clergy, civil society and business circles have called for the formation of an interim government to deal with the current economic crisis.
The president is also under pressure from a dissident group in the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) coalition to set up an interim government.
However, 76-year-old Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has refused to resign.
He insisted that any interim government should be formed only during his prime ministership.
The opposition says they will never be part of any government under the two Rajapaksa.
The mass movement, demanding the resignation of the entire Rajapaksa family, entered its 22nd day on Saturday.
Sri Lanka needs at least 4 billion USD to deal with its growing economic crisis, and international institutions such as . talks with world Bank as well as continuing financial aid in countries such as China and Japan.
President Gotabaya Rajapakse To form an interim government, the 225-member parliament has got the support of 113 MPs and asked the opposition to show a majority.
“Everyone will see that next week we have a majority and I will not tell how we are going to do it,” the Daily Mirror newspaper quoted SJB MP and chief opposition whip Lakshman Kirila as saying.
“The President should resign from his post and then pursue constitutional reforms to ensure checks and balances between the pillars of government,” he said during a press conference.
Another SJB MP Mujibur Rahman, who was present during the press conference, said that his party would also push for impeachment against the President.
“We haven’t given up on it,” he said.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday extended an invitation to form an all-party government involving all political parties represented in parliament to address the economic crisis in the island nation.
The president’s media department said in a statement that he made the offer during discussions with party leaders and representatives, who are now working independently in parliament. However, it was not clear whether the outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda RajapakseThe President’s eldest brother will resign to form an all-party government.
Sri Lanka is currently going through a period of unprecedented economic turmoil since independence from Britain in 1948.
The crisis is partly due to a lack of foreign exchange, which means the country cannot pay for imports of staple foods and fuels, leading to acute shortages and very high prices.
The Rajapaksa family is under increasing pressure to resign and thousands of protesters have been camping outside the President’s Secretariat permanently for three weeks.
Street protests across the island nation call for the resignation of the entire Rajapaksa family over their handling of the economic crisis as people are forced to wait in long queues for essential items while enduring long power cuts.
In recent weeks, powerful Buddhist clergy, civil society and business circles have called for the formation of an interim government to deal with the current economic crisis.
The president is also under pressure from a dissident group in the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) coalition to set up an interim government.
However, 76-year-old Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has refused to resign.
He insisted that any interim government should be formed only during his prime ministership.
The opposition says they will never be part of any government under the two Rajapaksa.
The mass movement, demanding the resignation of the entire Rajapaksa family, entered its 22nd day on Saturday.
Sri Lanka needs at least 4 billion USD to deal with its growing economic crisis, and international institutions such as . talks with world Bank as well as continuing financial aid in countries such as China and Japan.