COLOMBO: Sri Lankan strongman and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa remains short of the 'magic quantity' 113 required to prove his majority in Parliament, his spokesman acknowledged on Friday, days forward of the ground take a look at in the House.
Sri Lanka is facing a significant constitutional disaster after President Maithripala Sirisena ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and changed him with Rajapaksa and suspended Parliament.
Without specifying the exact determine of the lawmakers supporting Rajapaksa, United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella informed newshounds, "At the moment we have 105 to 106 MPs."
Rambukwella is likely one of the ministers appointed after the political disaster erupted on October 26. He is lately the incumbent Media and Information Minister.
Sirisena had previous claimed at a public rally that he has the beef up of 113 parliamentarians in the 225-member House to prove the premiership of Rajapaksa.
His feedback got here after Speaker Karu Jayasuriya slammed Sirisena's "unconstitutional and undemocratic" movements to sack Wickremesinghe and suspend Parliament, pronouncing he will now not recognise Rajapaksa as the brand new premier until he wins a floor take a look at.
With 8 United National Party (UNP) and one Tamil National Alliance (TNA) legislators defecting to the Rajapaksa camp, the previous president used to be hopeful of passing the ground take a look at.
Sirisena had suspended parliamentary lawsuits till November 16 after swiftly firing Wickremesinghe and replacing him with Rajapaksa.
However, owing to domestic and global power, Sirisena later issued a understand to reconvene Parliament on November 14.
The sudden constitutional disaster got here amid growing tensions between Sirisena and Wickremesinghe on several coverage matters and the President has been critical of the Prime Minister and his policies, particularly on economy and safety.
Meanwhile, Wickremsinghe remains assured of proving his majority in Parliament.
Wickremesinghe, whose birthday celebration dubbed Sirisena's transfer a "constitutional coup", has refused to vacate his legit place of dwelling, pronouncing he's the lawful high minister and that the president has no constitutional proper to interchange him.
Sri Lanka is facing a significant constitutional disaster after President Maithripala Sirisena ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and changed him with Rajapaksa and suspended Parliament.
Without specifying the exact determine of the lawmakers supporting Rajapaksa, United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella informed newshounds, "At the moment we have 105 to 106 MPs."
Rambukwella is likely one of the ministers appointed after the political disaster erupted on October 26. He is lately the incumbent Media and Information Minister.
Sirisena had previous claimed at a public rally that he has the beef up of 113 parliamentarians in the 225-member House to prove the premiership of Rajapaksa.
His feedback got here after Speaker Karu Jayasuriya slammed Sirisena's "unconstitutional and undemocratic" movements to sack Wickremesinghe and suspend Parliament, pronouncing he will now not recognise Rajapaksa as the brand new premier until he wins a floor take a look at.
With 8 United National Party (UNP) and one Tamil National Alliance (TNA) legislators defecting to the Rajapaksa camp, the previous president used to be hopeful of passing the ground take a look at.
Sirisena had suspended parliamentary lawsuits till November 16 after swiftly firing Wickremesinghe and replacing him with Rajapaksa.
However, owing to domestic and global power, Sirisena later issued a understand to reconvene Parliament on November 14.
The sudden constitutional disaster got here amid growing tensions between Sirisena and Wickremesinghe on several coverage matters and the President has been critical of the Prime Minister and his policies, particularly on economy and safety.
Meanwhile, Wickremsinghe remains assured of proving his majority in Parliament.
Wickremesinghe, whose birthday celebration dubbed Sirisena's transfer a "constitutional coup", has refused to vacate his legit place of dwelling, pronouncing he's the lawful high minister and that the president has no constitutional proper to interchange him.
Sri Lanka crisis: 'Rajapaksa short of magic number'
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