19 August 2022 02:09 pm Views - 1833
"UNP is still our ancestral home and we love it, but we will only support a program to revive the nation which is established with the agreement of all parties", Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mayantha Dissanayake said today.
Responding to a question raised at a press conference as to whether he was planning a crossover to the government, Mr. Dissanayake said he is not interested in getting ministerial portfolios. “We are only agreeable for an all-party programme rather than an all-party government,” he said.
“Sirikotha is our ancestral home, and we love it. I used to go there with my late father. We still love UNP. We also know its leader Ranil Wickremesinghe for a long time. We distanced from the party and formed Samagi Jana Balwegaya (SJB) but the policies of both parties are almost the same. Some get me wrong when I come out with these remarks, but I want to mention that I don’t want to shift sides and take up a ministerial portfolio. However it is possible to work together with the government on an agreeable program to revive the nation” he added.
He said President and the government should also come up with a program to revive the nation so that MPs can see whether they could agree to it or not.
At the same time Mr. Dissanayake called for a new anti-corruption legislation to prevent corruption. “It's even possible to bring it in the form of a private members Bill,” he opined.(Yohan Perera)