Chief Government Whip Minister Johnston Fernando informed the Parliament today that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign under any circumstances.
The statement came from the Chief Whip after the Opposition pointed out that masses are in the streets for days with the demand that the government including President Rajapaksa should step down from office immediately.
Opposition MPs also stressed that the government no longer claimed to have the Presidential mandate to occupy the office since the people who elected President Rajapaksa are protesting on the streets chanting slogans like ‘Gota Go Home’, ‘Rajapaksa go home’ etc alleging corruption and mismanagement of the economy.
House proceedings were suspended twice due to a ‘Gota Go Home’ protest organized by the Opposition in the House.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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