Tue. Mar 19th, 2024

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has on Tuesday, described that the political crisis in the island is the result of clashes between the external and local values, and accused “foreign forces” of intimidating him.

Sirisena said, “When I acted according to the principles of nationalism without giving in to foreign forces and without being intimidated by their threats, foreign forces have become a challenge.” He said, “The shadows of the old imperialism stand in our way.”

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has demanded for a snap parliamentary polls in order to dismiss the political crisis in the country raised due to the President’s move to sack Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appoint Rajapaksa as the new Prime Minster, even after two vote sessions supported Wickremesinghe.

While addressing a gathering in Polonnaruwa, Sirisena said, “The current crisis is the result of the concern by the world powers over the affairs of our country due to Sri Lanka’s geographical importance or its location in the world map.”

Sirisena claimed that when the “one implemented the philosophy of rising up independently” after without yielding to foreign pressures, “foreign forces would naturally become a challenge”.

In a tweet, Sirisena on Monday, wrote: “I look forward to the constitutional interpretation of the Supreme Court. Whatever it may be, I will take future political decisions accordingly, to the best interest of our motherland, not to the benefit of any person, group or party.”

Wickremesinghe has won the both polls, instead of this result, President Maithripapala Sirisena has chosen to appoint Rajapaksa as Prime Minster on October 6. Failing to prove his majority two times, Rajapakse has demanded to hold a new poll session to end the political controversy over the country.

20 months before the ending terms of parliament, Sirisena had dissolved the parliament and had ordered to hold a snap election. The Supreme Court then overturned Sirisena’s decision and also halted the snap polls.

However, Sri Lankan apex court has issued an order against Rajapaksa and his government telling them to not act as the prime minister of the country and cabinet minister. In fact, court gave Rajapaksa a time period till December 12 to prove himself as legitimate.

Rajapaksa also cited Sri Lankan history, where parliament had been dissolved earlier and has approved election and thus, political stability was maintained. He said, “The only way to restore stability to a destabilized democracy will be through a general election. According to our Constitution, sovereignty is vested in the people and not in Parliament.”

However, Rajapaksa has, till now, failed to prove his majority in parliament, whereas, Wickremesinghe claimed to take Prime Minister’s position as 113 legislators has voted for him with having supports from Tamil Party too.

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