(UTV|COLOMBO) – A senior Sri Lankan lawmaker on Tuesday (27) urged Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to direct the media not to refer controversially appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s regime as the lawful Government of the island nation, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
Rauff Hakeem, the Leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), urged Speaker Jayasuriya that “The print and electronic media are continuing to recognise Parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister. Please issue an order that the media should not give recognition to an illegal Government.”
Jayasuriya has officially conveyed that the House does not recognise Rajapaksa as the legal Prime Minister until he proved his majority in the House.
Meanwhile, Nimal Siripala de Silva, a Minister in the disputed Government, has said that the Government would not recognise Jayasuriya as the Assembly Speaker.
“He says there is no Government, no Prime Minister then how can the Parliament function,” Silva said.
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