The President said at the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) convention held in Matale on Saturday (21) that Wickremesinghe had attempted to mislead the public by claiming that he (the President) had called for the special Cabinet meeting last week.
Sirisena explained that Minister Ravi Karunanayake had telephoned him twice on Thursday (19) morning, saying the Prime Minister wanted a special Cabinet meeting.
The President said that he had advised Karunanayake to tell the Prime Minister to call him.
However, since the Prime Minister had not contacted him, the President said he had called Wickremesinghe who said he wanted a Cabinet meeting to be called to discuss the executive presidency.
Sirisena said he had agreed to call for the Cabinet meeting that afternoon but when the meeting was held, several ministers objected to the proposal put forward by the Prime Minister to abolish the executive presidency.
He said the meeting had to be called to an end prematurely as things heated.
The President added that he had asked the United National Front (UNF) to sort their issues out on their own.
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