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Sunday, November 4, 2018

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President Sirisena Has Decided To Convene The Parliament On 14 Th Of November

President Maithripala Sirisena has

signed and issued an extra ordinary Gazette notification this evening (04 ) to convene the Parliament on 14 th of November although he has earlier informed the speaker Karu Jayasuriya that the Parliament Will be convened on this Wednesday (07).

According to the Gazette Notification the Parliament Will be convened at 10 a.m on 14 th of November .

President Sirisena has prorogued the Parliament without informing the speaker until 16 th of November soon after appointing new Prime Mimister.

MP Athuraliye Thero To Remain As Independent MP And Support The President

Appointed United National Party (UNP)

MP Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero Has today (04)said that he will remain in Parliament as an Independent MP and support President Maithripala Sirisena.

Addressing a Press Briefing held at "Sadaham Sevana "in Rajagiriya today (04),Rathana Thero Has stressed that Appointing of Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe as New premier by the President Sirisena is Constitutional.

However Thero Has said he will not support new Premier Rajapakshe ,But only the interim government appointed by President. The previous National Unity Government has failed to fulfill the change people expected he has revealed.

Current interim government should have taken steps to go for a Parliamentary Election within next three months he has further said.

Another Two Cabinet Ministers ,A State Minister and A Deputy Minister from UNP Had Sworn In

Another Two Cabinet Ministers ,A State

Minister and a Deputy Minster had sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at President's office this evening (04) it has been reported.

Accordingly Joint Opposition MP Dinesh Gunawardana had sworn in as Minister of Megapolis and Western Development, MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara had sworn in as Minister of National Integrity and State languages. MP Keheliya Rambukwella had sworn in as State Minister of Media and Digital Infrastructure and United National Party (UNP ) MP Asoka Priyantha who had crossover to the Newly appointed Premier Mahinda Rajapakshe ,Had sworn in as Deputy Minister of Internal Culture And North Western Development.

The newly crossed UNP MP Asoka Priyantha is a Puttalam District Parliamentarian.

Appointment Of New Premier, Government, Minister's And Secretaries Are Illegal -JVP MP Vijitha Herath

"Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna (JVP) does not recognize Newly appointed

Prime Minister and the Government as these Appointments made against the Constitution " Publicity Secretary of the JVP MP Vijitha Herath has said today (04) .

Addressing a Press briefing held at the Party Headquarters in Palawatte, Battaramulla MP Herath said that his party will not support either Mahinda Rajapakshe or Ranil Wikramasinghe but will appear behalf of Democracy and that's why demanding to convene the Parliament.

As the appointment of new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe and the new government is unconstitutional all the Cabinet ,State, Deputy Minister's, Ministry Secretaries and Institutional Heads appointed under the new Prime Minister are also illegal he has said.

People should reject these illegal appointments MP Herath has stated.

Under the Constitution it clearly stated how to appoint and remove Prime Minster from the post He has revealed.