MP Dayasiri Jayasekara claims that the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated due to an intervention by Minister Mangala Samaraweera.
The SLFP parliamentarian who left the government recently with 15 other MPs' made this accusation while attending the 360 program on the Derana television channel yesterday (08).
PM was about to be packed off
Due to the problematic situation in the UNP at the time, 28 members of the party had agreed to support the no-confidence motion, he claimed. According to him, the no-confidence motion was about to be won till Minister Samaraweera held a discussion with Minister Mahinda Amaraweera and eight other coalition members at his residence which eventually swung the balance in favour of Premier Wickremesinghe. “If not, an SLFP government would be in place now”, Dayasiri said.
UNP was strengthened again
Due to the decision made by the 8 members of the coalition, those in the UNP who were already disgruntled with the Prime Minister, were left feeling lost as they too were forced to support the PM in the end. However, even knowing that they were going to lose the NCM, he decided to support the NCM along with the other 15 members but in the end, the PM and the UNP only got stronger, Jayasekara said.
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