The cabinet meeting held yesterday (16) led by President Maithripala Sirisena is said to have become heated resulting in the President leaving the meeting in a huff.
The President is said to have made a statement regarding Ministers and parliamentarians of the UNP criticising him while how some Ministers are making decisions without informing him before leaving the cabinet meeting in a huff.
Sources say the President had left prior to cabinet papers even being discussed.
A Minister who wished to remain anonymous said the Premier and several other Ministers had then gone after the President and managed to convince him to return to the cabinet meeting.
Proceedings of the cabinet meeting are said to have halted for around 30 minutes due to this incident.
The President is said to have stated that the Bond Commission was not formed to destroy the UNP while slamming the comments being made regarding him by certain UNP parliamentarians.
Sirisena is a "Pickpocket President" - UNP MP S. M Marikkar
The President is said to have named and shamed MP’s Harin Fernando, Sujeewa Senasinghe, Chaminda Wijesiri and S.M Marikkar while slamming the statements being made by them.
Statements against the President were made by these parliamentarians at public rallies and was given wide media publicity in recent times.
S.M Marikkar had even gone on to call the President a pickpocket ‘President’.
However, one MP criticised by the President said they have the right to criticize the President when the SLFP is continuously slamming the Prime Minister.
President objects to revoke of alcohol-related ban on women
He also slammed the decisions being taken without his consultation which are socially harmful. The President was referring to the recently revoked alcohol-related ban on women.
The cabinet has now decided to rescind that decision.
Source : BBC
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