4 November 2024 02:46 pm Views - 1708
He told a news conference that the NPP was expecting only a majority in parliament to run a government without any obstacles.
Responding to a question that NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake had said in an earlier occasion that any party must not be given excessive power, Silva said the NPP was of the same opinion even now.
"We do not need to exercise power like that of the 5/6th majority deactivating the opposition. But, we need a strong majority in parliament to run a government. The government needs to enact laws and amend laws. We need a strong majority to run the government,” he said.