Preparation to dissolve parliament after Budget 2009
Saturday, 15 November 2008 12:46
Following the final budget vote on Dec. 08th, President Mahinda Rajapaksa is considering to dissolve Parliament and hold General Elections in March 2009, internal government sources say.
Several SLFP seniors have proposed that it is more apt to call for General Elections after holding provincial council elections in some of the remaining 5 provinces.
However, the President has already held talks with several leaders of the government affiliated political parties saying that a General Election should be faced under the theme of obtaining a mandate to completely liberation the North and destroy Prabhakaran.
Government affiliated political parties have requested the President to delay the General Election until May 2009, when the five-year tenures of most parliamentarians will end.
Nevertheless, the President has remained his stance saying that it was prudent to go for snap polls considering the current political situation.
Meanwhile, a group of SLFP seniors led by Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayake has been holding talks aimed at forming a broad national alliance to face the snap polls.
Reports say that they have held discussions with several political parties including the Ceylon Workers Congress, the UNP Democratic Group, the National Freedom Front and the All Ceylon Muslim Congress as well as several MPs who crossed over to the government recently.
source: www.lankadissent.com
Saturday, 15 November 2008 12:46
Following the final budget vote on Dec. 08th, President Mahinda Rajapaksa is considering to dissolve Parliament and hold General Elections in March 2009, internal government sources say.
Several SLFP seniors have proposed that it is more apt to call for General Elections after holding provincial council elections in some of the remaining 5 provinces.
However, the President has already held talks with several leaders of the government affiliated political parties saying that a General Election should be faced under the theme of obtaining a mandate to completely liberation the North and destroy Prabhakaran.
Government affiliated political parties have requested the President to delay the General Election until May 2009, when the five-year tenures of most parliamentarians will end.
Nevertheless, the President has remained his stance saying that it was prudent to go for snap polls considering the current political situation.
Meanwhile, a group of SLFP seniors led by Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayake has been holding talks aimed at forming a broad national alliance to face the snap polls.
Reports say that they have held discussions with several political parties including the Ceylon Workers Congress, the UNP Democratic Group, the National Freedom Front and the All Ceylon Muslim Congress as well as several MPs who crossed over to the government recently.
source: www.lankadissent.com
