’’Why should I take advice from someone rejected by people 17 times?’’: Harini responds to Ranil

Colombo, October 31 (Daily Mirror)- Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya said she will never take advice from someone like former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was rejected by the people 17 times.

The Prime Minister told a meeting that it is a big joke that Ranil Wickremesinghe, who had not understood the fundamentals of the Constitution, the 'people’s mandate', is offering to teach the Constitution.

"I will never take advice from Ranil. He has been rejected by the people 17 times. He is not leaving and is still hanging on. He cannot understand that the people have changed. He has been rejected by the people. We are marching on a new journey. The biggest joke is that Ranil says he can teach the Constitution. The fundamental of the Constitution is the people’s mandate. I wonder whether Ranil, who fails to understand even this, knows about the Constitution," she said.

"I said somewhere that we need to follow proper procedures when making decisions and the country has faced so many crises since such procedures had not been adopted. We make decisions by listening to the people and considering the opinions of the officials. People never expect us to rule the country in the same way they did. People elected us to change the system, not to learn lessons from them and do the same. If we do so, you will expel us tomorrow. We are not answerable to Ranil. We are answerable to the people," she said.