(Lanka-e-News-07.Nov.2014, 11.00PM) The salutary gesture of the UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe by gracefully bowing to the requests of the party MPs and its organizers without taking an obstinate stand of selfishly holding on to power was most welcome and lauded by the party and the public in general, his unpopularity notwithstanding .Ranil condescending to the wishes of the party majority agreed to stand down at the upcoming Presidential elections , and withdraw from the contest .
Of the 42 UNP MPs, as many as 38 have warmly welcomed Ranil’s gesture aimed at winning the Presidential elections by fielding a common candidate . Only 4 MPs have opposed the common candidature.
These 4 MPs are the conspirators within the UNP : Sajith Premadasa , Sujeewa Senasinghe , Buddhika Pathirane and Tissa Attanayake the latest to join this conspiratorial group who are the ventriloquist dummies and pawns of the evil troika , Rajapakse ,Kili and Tiran .
Friends of Ranil led by this group of four have pointed out to him , if he is not contesting , and even if preference is given to someone of the SLFP breakaway group that is joining , they would not favor Karu Jayasuriya ‘s name .
The argument they advanced to support their stand was , under the UNP constitution , a UNP member who is the opposition common Presidential candidate should mandatorily be the leader of the party ,hence for any reason if Karu Jayasuriya is made the common candidate , Ranil’s leadership will terminate; and on the other hand , if Karu Jayasuriya becomes the common Presidential candidate and wins , during the period pending the abolition of the executive Presidency , since it will be someone from the SLFP breakaway group who shall be the Prime Minister temporarily , Ranil will have to continue as the opposition leader ; and if some one from the SLFP break away group is fielded as the common Presidential candidate , Ranil will be Prime Minister temporarily ,this small group has further explained.
In the circumstances , a close friend of Ranil has met with former President Chandrika Bandaranaike yesterday (05) and offered her to be the common Presidential candidate ,which offer she has declined, and had proposed the name of a frontline Minister in the SLFP rescue organization in lieu.
Meanwhile , a majority of the members of the UNP MPs are justifying the view that the common Presidential candidate must be from the opposition on the ground that by making someone from the government breakaway group the Presidential candidate , that can give a crippling blow to the opposition’s unity that is being built up .Hence , it is their stance that Karu Jayasuriya must be made the common candidate.
The majority of UNP MPs who claim that the UNP which is the main opposition party has the moral right to select the common candidate , and if Ranil is averse to making Karu the common opposition candidate because of issues pertaining to leadership, then Karu’s name can be withdrawn temporarily from the UNP , and he shall be appointed as the leader of the new common national front that is coming into being , in which case the UNP constitutional impediment can be surmounted.
Ranil is on the other hand harboring the fear that if Karu is appointed as the common opposition candidate from the UNP ,the group led by Sajith would leave the party , but now it is clear that fear is baseless . A majority of the UNP MPs say , Sajith the nitwit who is now saying “can’t “ after claiming that he would contest if Ranil does not, is now not even having the spine to resign from the UNP.
The Lilliputian group of four of the 42 UNP MPs being so insignificantly small , it is the UNP majority group’s considered opinion that with the launching of the powerful Common Opposition Front , this tiny weenie group which is working according to the agenda of the diabolic Rajapakses cannot be stopped from just evaporating in no time before the new Front.
After Ranil withdrew his candidature at the forthcoming Presidential elections vis a vis the people’s opinion that he will lose ,it is the firm conviction of a great many that the opportunity to win the elections and abolish the executive Presidency is now splendid and at the peak, irrespective of whether the common opposition Presidential candidate is going to be Karu , Ven. Sobitha Thera , someone from the SLFP rescue organization or any other new face .
It is the view of some since Ven. Sobitha Thera had done a great deal via his movement for good governance based on his programs and documents which have proved successful, there is no doubt that Ven .Thera will carry out his duties in that direction duly.
Meanwhile , as we were concluding this article ,(yesterday) based on information received , Ranil and Chandrika who is leading the SLFP rescue organization have had a discussion last night.
At this moment , representatives of UNP, SLFP rescue organization Ministers, TNA, General Fonseka , Ven. Sobitha Thera, JVP and JHU are holding discussions party wise separately at various venues. They are all driven by the sincere common goal to defeat the moribund Rajapakse regime .
Undoubtedly, everyone must be holding Ranil in high esteem for making such a great sacrifice at the opportune moment by yielding in favor of appointing a common candidate of others’ choice which is indeed an inspiration to the opposition .
In any event , an M.P who made a substantial contribution towards the direction of fielding a common opposition candidate ,who is presently overseas is due to return to the Island this week end . On Monday , after his return all the people of the opposition faction of Sri Lanka can hear a heartening long awaited announcement which has earned the blessings of all opposition party leaders .
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