‘Jana Bala Meheyuma’ protest rally to register opposition to arbitrary decisions of the Executive will be held next week after the Supreme Court decision on petitions against the dissolution of Parliament, former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
He was addressing a gathering of UNP Provincial Councillors at Temple Trees yesterday. He said this rally would be more than a UNP rally as it would see the participation of non-partisan civil society members, professionals and artistes in large numbers.
“A people’s movement has begun against the President’s anti-democratic acts. We have been informed by our lawyers that the Supreme Court decision may be delivered after Wednesday and before Friday. The civil society requested us to delay the protest rally till the court ruling is given,” he said. The UNP Leader, while admitting that their governance had shortcomings and that they were yet to keep some promises given to the people, however argued that it is up to the people to assess the performance of a Government at a future election.
“Some of the protests in the past few days did not see the participation of politicians. There are ‘Sathyagraha’ campaigns and meetings taking place regularly at places like Independence Square and the Vihara Maha Devi Park without the politicians’ attendance.
All those forces need to come together to make the ‘Jana Bala Meheyuma’ a success,” he said.
He also underlined the need to correct their former mistakes and commit to uphold the Parliamentary tradition and media culture that the people aspire.
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