(UTV|COLOMBO) – President Maithripala Sirisena in a special statement stated that people of the country must take justifiable democratic decisions to rectify the current political impasse.
In his statement on Sunday (11), the President stressed that the political situation had created a scenario where Parliamentarians were traded from Rs. 100 million to Rs. 150 million and increased to Rs. 500 million in the latter stages.
The President said it was really a regrettable situation where a Representative of the people elected by voters had to be traded in this manner.
That situation was the main reason to dissolve Parliament. In addition, the strange behaviour of former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya was the second reason to dissolve Parliament, he emphasised.
President Sirisena said he deeply regretted the behaviour of former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya since he violated Parliamentary norms and regulations. “He violated Parliament’s Standing Orders and acted beyond Parliamentary customs which had been safeguarded by all Speakers since 1947.
Besides, he [Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya] acted without considering the powers vested in the President to appoint a Prime Minister, the President said.
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