Govt. wants to catch opposition off guard

The government is plotting to disrupt the no confidence motion presented by the United National Party said it’s General Secretary Tissa Attanayake. He added that in a sudden move the Government proposed to discus the motion in Parliament this week as opposed to the third week requested by the UNP.

“We have to go for this prepared and everyone agreed to have this discussion on the third week. But all of a sudden the government said today that they want to discuss it in Parliament this week,” Attanayake said. “This was not in the parliamentary agenda for this week and we were strongly against this,” he added.

The UNP General Secretary added that the Opposition leader plans to present the motion and since he has already made other crucial plans this week. By forwarding the debate for this week the government plans to catch the opposition off guard and use the Kilinochchi victory for its advantage.

“We see that the government is up to its old tricks. When this proposal was brought during the party leaders meeting in the Parliament Complex yesterday we expressed our staunch opposition,” he said. “We will not let the government take the motion for debate this week,” he added.

Meanwhile Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana claimed that the Government is not intimidated or threatened by the no confidence motion. He added that the vast majority of the people are behind the UPFA government.

“We have a vast majority in parliament and our standing with the people is stronger than ever,” he said. “That is why the government said it is ready to debate this issue anytime,” he added.