(Lanka-e-News -21.Sep.2015, 11.30PM) The parliament of the united government that comprises about 90 ministers who don’t even know what their areas of official operations , duties and tasks , without a gazette notification defining them is to meet tomorrow. This is something unprecedented in Sri Lanka’s history.
Another strange grotesque happening was when the government members were being traditionally gathered together ,the M.P.s of the UPFA who joined to form a united government with the victorious UNP that received the mandate of the majority of people , could not be identified with certainty by UPFA leader cum president Maithripala Sirisena ,who was in a deep quandary therefore.
This is because the president told his own MPs that they can sit in the opposition if they wish ,while the same party members sitting with the government and the opposition is not permissible under the constitution , and parliamentary traditions.
It was reported earlier that about 40 MPs told their leader Maithripala Sirisena, the president that they would sit in the opposition. As leader of the party he ought to have made known which is the government group . But that was not known even yesterday night.
Based on reports reaching Lanka e news, the government MPs group meeting was postponed , and in its place the group meeting of the UNP MPs is to be held.The president has agreed to participate with the P.M. in this meeting.
Meanwhile , the opposition leader Sambandan has still not officially commenced work at his opposition leader office.The chief opposition whip Anura Kumara Dissanayake has also not officially started his duties at his chief opposition whip office.
To compound the confusion , the ex minister for sugar, Lakshman Seneviratne of the defeated bitter Rajapakse regime is to be sworn in as a minister tomorrow, based on unofficial sources.
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