UNP agrees to abolish executive presidency
A discussion was held between UNP Leaders including Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the leaders of the JVP at the office of the Prime Minister today (22nd) regarding the 20th amendment to the Constitution that includes proposals to abolish the executive presidential system.
The Leader of the JVP Anura Dissanayaka, its Information Secretary Vijitha Herath and Parliamentarian Dr Nalinda Jayatissa participated representing the JVP while the UNP was represented by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Minister of Development Strategies, International Trade, Science, Technology and Research Malik Samarawickrema. Minister of Highways and Road Development and Petroleum Resources Development Kabeer Hashim was expected to participate but had to keep away as he had to attend a funeral say reports.
The UNP has stated they agree, as a policy, to abolish the executive presidential system and a motion too was passed at the convention held last to abolish the executive presidency. They have said their decision would be informed after discussing the issue with other political parties in the UNF.
(Source: Lanka Truth)
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the UNP and the JVP is $%^#$ bricks a at the prospects of facing a presidential election and by and by Sirirsena will join the fold if he can muster support from his own party a party that has come to realise what sirirsena for what he is a dumb ass.
One problem is what is the office of the presidential to be replaced with. When JR and his cronies drafted the amendment to accomodate the presidency JR had some idea of adopting the little understood US system. US system had not two but three in the government congress, the senate and the executive branch. besides there was a mechanism through which the presidency could be replaced before the end of his constitutional term.
What we edowed from the British system of a bicameral system was good the only failing was that we didnot have a royalty to be backed by the arisyocrat. The senate appaoint,emts were mdae by the parliament and they were few in number and not representative. What we ought to have senate constituted by elected members represented by the districts and none of the senators to enter trhough the back door,
Further the constitution ought to abolish people nomenated to the parlaia ment. All parliamentarians should be elected.
Finally elected member s should be prohibhited from crossing over and if they are not happy they should dorfiet their seat in parliament and seek reelection.
JVP inspite of parties high high moral values that cannot be sustained long enough for they have forsaken the little understood marxixt leninist ideolgy that could not be sustained. As a socialist democracy it cannot survive under the exixsting system that is why it leans heavily on the UNP which leans heavily on the tamil and muslims for its survival
The next Executive President of Sri Lanka, Hon K Jayasuriya, will ensure a new Constitution with Parliament being supreme.
Karu Jayasuriya = Maithripala Sirisena…. both are same ,
both are the dummy of Ranil Wik.
country will not stable…We dont want a anoth Ruukada.. need a strong leader….