Ranil vetoes bid to impeach President
Government has no plans to impeach President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, The Sunday Times reliably learns.

According to UNF sources, Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, pooh poohed the idea at a recent meeting of the Government Parliamentary Group.

Some UNF Parliamentarians had mooted the idea of an impeachment resolution but Premier Wickremesinghe said he would not endorse such a move, according to a highly-placed UNF source. There was complete silence after his remarks and the matter ended there, the source said.

The same source said the UNF government would continue to opt to work with President Kumaratunga.

One of those maintaining a close dialogue is said to be UNP Chairman Malik Samarawickrema. In the recent weeks, she had expressed the view that she was opposed to the setting up of a national government.

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