Inauguration ceremony: A waste of time and money: JVP

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JVP MP Bimal Ratnayake today claimed that the ceremony herelding the inauguration of Parliament was a waste of time and money and said they had requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to reveal the cost of yesterday's ceremony.

He said the President had not presented any fresh action plan and they did not view this as a useful move.

"Nothing new will happen even after the inauguration of parliament," he said.

The MP said Parliament was prorogued by the President to resolve the crisis in his party and it only led to a delay in carrying out parliamentary business.

"About 1,000 oral questions and 1,000 petitions had to be postponed because of the prorogation," he said.(Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)

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malij Tuesday, 08 May 2018 09:47 PM

This is how the Vajji rulers ruled. Ask the president. This is the new way.

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Chethiyasena Tuesday, 08 May 2018 09:55 PM

The "Vajji " he refers to is that monk named " Alajji Vajji" who asked for some exceptions to the " vinaya" rules like allowing semi fermented wines etc etc.

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Sincere Tuesday, 08 May 2018 09:47 PM

This time I agree with you 100%

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Gamaya Tuesday, 08 May 2018 09:54 PM

Agree fully......and so was the JVP may day rally!Do something more productive with this money.

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samarasekera Wednesday, 09 May 2018 08:17 AM

AGREEE FULLY

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AJ Wednesday, 09 May 2018 08:35 AM

If the JVP stop wasting time and resources criticizing the government and instead implement a plan and do what they can to help the people in some way. They might get at least a few additional votes in each election.

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samayang Wednesday, 09 May 2018 09:04 AM

Not only the inauguration ceremony, the whole of pariiamentl except for a few is a waste of time and money

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mk Wednesday, 09 May 2018 10:27 AM

So are your may day rallies and pandols

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pradeep Wednesday, 09 May 2018 10:31 AM

not just the inauguration ceremony, what follows is also an absolute waste of tax payers money

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willowsd Wednesday, 09 May 2018 11:38 AM

the party that is full of jealousy and hate?

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ghaffa Wednesday, 09 May 2018 12:20 PM

I too agree this is a wastage of time and money, this can be done as usual everybody come to the parliament and President could had his speech at the normal way, the money spent on this could be utilize for many poor needs.

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SKN Dayarathna Wednesday, 09 May 2018 01:32 PM

really true.

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