If Ranil shows his majority ... will Mahinda still be Prime Minister? Parliament preparing for another postponement!

If Ranil shows his majority ... will Mahinda still be Prime Minister?

Parliament preparing for another postponement!

After the judgement was given by Supreme Court last afternoon, another new crisis keeps rearing its head with the political arena of Sri Lanka. Though the Mahinda - Maithri faction has identified the judgement as temporary, what happened because of the postponement was President having had to once again convene parliament which he once dissolved because of lack of a majority.

The said crisis surfaced because of that reason. Though Mahinda Rajapaksa was assigned the position of Prime Minister without a majority and President had requested him to proceed from there onwards,

what sprang up after that was a problem of carrying on duties. No majority was forthcoming in the form of support for any necessary activity because of the disgust of other parties of the manner in which he was appointed.

Under these conditions there are rumours that a vote will be taken to find out as to whom the majority is due today (14) in parliament. Whatever it is, whether such a majority is shown, the Prime Minister being  changed again or not rests on the debatable strongman Maithri. If he wishes to, he can refrain from doing so too. Rumours have circulated that instead of doing so, President or group of government party MPs would make an effort to postpone parliament by showing some other reason and that by fixing some other date after the final judgement of Supreme Court on 7th, an attempt is made to safeguard all powers presently available.

Political sources say  that after hopes were dashed after the court decision, though President and the cabinet met last night, they were not able to arrive at a proper decision. The meeting has lasted for a period of 40 minutes. Nothing of special importance has been discussed on that occasion. While MPs and ministers were engaged in a discussion regarding the incident in courts, the President had got up and gone away. As such, the meeting has come to a close.

Once again a suspicion has developed that the President would release a gazette announcement postponing the parliamentary session, he has dismissed the idea. In the face of protests targetted within the country and internationally, the ability to take stubborn decisions has become extinct, it is seen. Whatever it is, news that MPs of the government are not attending parliament today has circulated around. Minister Nimal Siripala has given a clue about a point like this: It is not compulsory for President Maithripala Sirisena to participate. Parliament would convene with the arrival of the President or not.