"We have got a mandate till 2010. Therefore, I am not in a hurry to hold a general election until then," President Mahinda Rajapakse said today (August 26th).
The President has emphasized this at a meeting with his cabinet at Temple Trees this morning.
However, Treasurer of the SLFP and Minister, Dallas Alahapperuma told the media yesterday that the government was prepared to take up the challenge by the UNP leader to hold a parliamentary election, without dissolving provincial councils.
Responding to this statement, General Secretary of The UNP, Tissa Attanayake said that the UNP repeated its call to the President not to hold min-elections and to go straight for parliamentary polls.
-LD
The President has emphasized this at a meeting with his cabinet at Temple Trees this morning.
However, Treasurer of the SLFP and Minister, Dallas Alahapperuma told the media yesterday that the government was prepared to take up the challenge by the UNP leader to hold a parliamentary election, without dissolving provincial councils.
Responding to this statement, General Secretary of The UNP, Tissa Attanayake said that the UNP repeated its call to the President not to hold min-elections and to go straight for parliamentary polls.
-LD
