President Sirisena Told Future President Has No Powers Under The 19th Constitution

President Maithripala Sirisena has said today (03) that As the President elected in future Presidential Election has no executive powers under the 19th Amendment of the Constitution , Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) should target to elect a Prime Minister from the Party in future  .

Addressing the 68th Anniversary of the SLFP held at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo this evening ,President has stressed that under the 19th Amendment Prime Minister will receive more powers than the President .

 Current Prime Minister is the first respondent that created an environment that could not hold a Provincial Council Election in the country and this has been revealed when he asked the opinion of the Supreme Court regarding holding of Provincial Council Elections President has further said .

Some members of the newly formed Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna had participated in the SLFP Anniversary summit however SLFP had not invited the governing United National Party(UNP) for the summit it has been revealed.