10 October 2023 02:21 pm Views - 1063
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today said it will not support the proposed parliamentary electoral system.
SJB's official spokesman and Member of Parliament S.M. Marikkar came up with this remark in response to a report stating that Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapaksha is to submit a Cabinet Paper to amend the parliamentary electoral system.
“The Government obviously needs the Opposition's support to get the legislation approved in Parliament. We, the SJB will never support the electoral amendment as it is a trick by the government to postpone the general elections,” Marikkar said.
“The Government can only postpone the general elections as there is no legal provisions to postpone the Presidential election. President Ranil Wickremesinghe is going to play J.R. Jayewardene by trying to postpone the general elections. Late Jayewardene contested the Presidential election and then held the referendum to postpone the general election. Wickremesinghe is also trying to play a somewhat similar game,” he added.
“The SLPP should be aware of these tactics of President Wickremesinghe,” he also said.(Yohan Perera)