JVP opposes national government move

... calls for parliament dissolution on April 23

By Sirimantha Ratnasekera-February 23, 2015, 10:39 pm 

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday said that his party would not support moves being made to form a national government. He insisted that Parliament be dissolved on April 23 and a fresh general election be held.

He told The Island that the JVP would not approve of surreptitious moves being made to bypass a general election.

Dissanayake said: "If there is a real need for a national government that may be formed after the next general election. We won’t be party to any such move. We also oppose any move to deprive the people of their right to elect a new government at a general election."

The President’s Office announced on Sunday that the SLFP parliamentary group had agreed to form a national government.