PM WICKREMESINGHE BLAMES MEDIA FOR JEOPARDIZING THE YAHAPALANA COALITION

07/11/2016

Blaming media for jeopardizing the Yahapalana coalition  PM Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that  “the media is the greatest enemy of harmony between the two major parties. The media has the biggest problem. The media is afraid that they will lose material to report if the two parties merge. But the media should also adapt to the trend. They need to know what will happen to them if they don’t change”.

At the same time he has assured that the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) wish to work together in the national government to develop the country and have no intention of destroying each other.

“We (UNP) do not wish to destroy the SLFP and the SLFP does not wish to destroy the UNP. We wish to join together and develop this country for the people,” Wickremesinghe has said.

He was speaking at a religious event at the Ahangama, Dikkumbura Sri Sudarshi Temple on 06th Nov.

According to Wickremesinghe  the media  is the  greatest obstacle to unity between the two major political parties.

The PM stressed that the unity government will continue for five years and the people can decide after that. “We will continue for five years regardless of what comes in our way. Then the people can decide afterwards,” he said.

– Related  news report appeared in the Daily FT