(Lanka-e-News- 19.Nov.2014, 10.45PM) What could possibly be UPFA’s last Cabinet meeting began at 7.00 p.m. (just a while ago) at the Temple Trees , and Medamulana MaRa’s decision to hold the Presidential election is to be announced at this meeting.
Following the Cabinet meeting , the SLFP central working committee is to meet at 8.30 p.m. and at this meeting the approval for the Presidential election is to be obtained. After this meeting , Medamulana MaRa is scheduled to sign the gazette notification pertaining to the Presidential elections, according to informed inside sources of the government. The government printing department is on alert for the printing of the important gazette notification.
Groups are in the ready across the whole Island to paste posters of MaRa throughout the night after the proclamation .
In any event , after Medamulana signs the gazette notification relating to the Presidential election , those of the opposition of the campaign for abolition of executive Presidency , as well as Ministers and government MPs of the SLFP rescue organization that is breaking away from the government are scheduled to function as an independent group in Parliament.
There are only three more days for the Parliament to function, that is , the final day is 24 th. If for any reason , in order to avert any advantage accruing to the Ministers and government MPs who are breaking away from he government , the Presidential election proclamation is postponed to the 24 th night , the minimum number of days that ought to be thereafter allowed legally before holding the elections will necessitate the election date to clash with the visit of the holy Pope . Besides , MaRa’s auspicious date will also become an issue.
Legally after the President announces the holding of Presidential elections officially , the elections commissioner should call for nominations between 16 to21 days , and after nominations are handed over , the elections should be held between 4 to 6 weeks.
In all probability , the proclamation will be made tonight.
Meanwhile the UNP executive committee is to meet on Friday the 21 st . At this meeting it is to be decided to contest the elections as a common front and on a common symbol.
On that day , that is the 21 st ,it will be decided whether Karu Jayasuriya will be the common candidate or not. The Mahanayake of the three nikayas and the archbishop have expressed their consent for Karu as the common candidate, according to reports reaching Lanka e news inside information division.
Even until this noon ,the decision of Ranil Wickremesinghe to make former President Chandrika Bandaranaike who is heading the break away group of the government as the common candidate, has not changed. Chandrika on the other hand had not changed her decision either against coming forward as opposition common candidate . She is in favor of fielding a senior member of the beak away group as the common candidate . No matter what, after the Presidential election is announced , following a meeting of the leaders of the common opposition , the final decision is to be taken.
Meanwhile , Medamulana MaRa has had a lengthy discussion with Minister Maithripala Sirisena this noon , and offered the Prime Minister post to him. Maithripala however had declined to accept it.
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The S.B. Voters must be thankful to MR and his 10 Judges for giving them this opportunity 2 yrs. ahead -
legal or not - to make use of their vote, wisely this time. Will they do it? If MR looses this, Plan B will
be put into effect, for the life of the family cannot be guaranteed, now that Somarama has been re-born, in
the guise of a walk-out?????
-- by Pot Pot on 2014-11-19
