Sri Lanka’s political turmoil continues

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s political turmoil continued into its third week on Monday, with the government and the former ruling United National Alliance (UNA) quarrelling with each other.

The government reiterated that it would continue in governance while the former ruling UNA said it would not recognize the government and called for financial cuts. Parliament proceedings began on Monday afternoon but lasted only for 10 minutes and was adjourned till November 23 by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, who held an All Party Conference in his Parliament Chamber before the proceedings began, did not attend the session on Monday. Dinesh Gunawardena, leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna and a supporter of Prime Minister Mahinda Rakapakse, told journalists that they urged Speaker Jayasuriya to recognize the government as the No Confidence Motions which had been conducted last week in parliament had been unlawful.

Sirisena had urged legislators to call for a No Confidence vote on the government again after he rejected the vote which was held in Parliament of Friday saying it was unconstitutional. (IANS)

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