President says it is a conspiracy..!

(Lanka-e-News- 22.April.2015, 10.20PM) Summoning of the ex president Mahinda Rajapakse to the Commission of bribery and corruption, was a conspiracy to obstruct the  tabling of the 19 th amendment to the constitution, said president Maithripala Sirisena  at a discussion yesterday held between him and representatives of the civil organizations that worked with commitment to install him as the president.

The representatives of  trade unions and  civil organizations , that signed a memorandum of understanding with Maithripala when he came forward as a common presidential candidate  met with him yesterday night. Among those present at the meeting were, representatives of just society movement , citizens force, the Left  forces and trade unions.

The incumbent president while pledging  again to honor the undertakings he gave to the people, said, when the 19 th amendment was to be tabled in parliament, the summoning of the exp president to the bribery commission was a conspiratorial move. The president  went on to explain that when the  notice summoning the ex president was sent out by Balapatabendi the president  of the commission  , he was not aware , and it was timed when the Director General was out of the Island , and  nobody knew who sent it.

The president noted , since he wanted to get rid of the executive powers after becoming the president, he did  not use  these powers vested in him ,and  he did not take steps to change the members of the bribery and corruption commission . But , many of them there were those appointed by the  ex president .

When he went to the parliament yesterday in connection with the  opening speech on  the 19 th amendment to be tabled , the draft given to him  was cut and chopped , so much so that it was not legible to him . This he reckoned as  a conspiracy to obstruct the passage of the 19 th amendment in parliament he noted.

The Rajapakses have robbed funds even in excess of  the country’s reserves , and those funds have been wasted on the groups organizing protests in favor of them . The president is fully committed  not only in regard to  the 19 th amendment but  even the other promises made under the interim  100 days program including the electoral reforms, he observed.

The representatives who participated in the discussions with the president said , after the 19 th amendment is tabled in parliament on the 27 th , if that cannot be passed with a  2/3 majority , to dissolve parliament and go for  a parliamentary election.

P.S.
With regard to the statement  made by the president that  the draft of the 19 th amendment presented to him when he visited the parliament was illegible, when  Lanka e news inquired from the parliamentary officials , it was revealed that for this muddle , the parliament officials are not responsible  ,and it is the responsibility of the  officials  of  President’s secretariat , that is the secretary in charge of parliamentary affairs. Hence if there is a conspiracy its originators are none other than the officials  of the presidential secretariat , and the conspiracy was hatched nowhere else .

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