The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said that they have decided to go to Court against the dissolution of Parliament, by toppling a government that was in power illegally, in a conspiratorial manner against the Constitution by President Maithripala Sirisena.
They have also decided to request Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya not to intervene to hold these illegal elections which have been called for, until the verdict from the Supreme Court is received.
They pointed out further that they expect a decision on the legality of the government that will be appointed at the next elections, through this Court verdict.
The JVP also pointed out that they are against providing a wrong precedent for the future by recognizing an act against the Constitution.
“The President is setting fire everywhere similar to Hanuma having taken the flare into his hand,” the JVP Leader Anura Dissanayake alleged at a media briefing held yesterday.
“The legal structure related to changing governments in this country has been set up by the Constitution. A government can be changed through a legal election or a vote in Parliament. However what happened on 26 October was neither of these. Sirisena and Mahinda Rajapaksa got together and said ‘you are the Prime Minister, I am the President’ and in a conspiratorial manner established a government. As an extension of that conspiracy they prorogued Parliament. Then they threw billions of rupees around on behalf of buying Ministers and MPs to build up their majority. They did that and although they attempted to carry on the administration as a small gang, the Speaker said it was required to find out who had the majority in Parliament. But, when they realized that they do not have a majority, as the final step they took on authority which was not in the Constitution and dissolved Parliament,” he said.
He did not consider the fact that powers of the Executive Presidency have been restricted through the 19 Amendment to the Constitution, and to ensure that they could use maximum state power at the elections, the President assigned the Police Department and the Government Press under him, the JVP leader said.
“For the first time in history, the President appointed Ministers in 10 rounds. That was while he had on one side a paper to be signed for the dissolution of Parliament. He did both of these things at once. We have to immediately halt this rebellious nonsense of his. Such things happen only in a monarchy,” he further said.
He emphasized further that they will therefore, engage in a strong battle against breaking up the country, the country’s overall legal system and tradition for the existence of a single individual, by the President.
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