Only three more Poya days, SJB will seize power in Colombo.

 There was a national debate after the Malima faction, which governs the Colombo Municipal Council, was defeated. The strength of this Municipal Council is that it has one member who is loyal to them, and Parliamentarian Chaminda Wijesiri stated today at a media briefing that it is possible to obtain that strength in this difficult situation.
He gave that explanation in detail.

[Question]: Mujibur Rahman said that the unified opposition has now gained strength in Colombo, so is it true?

[Answer]: Generally, the Municipal Council does not have a separate power to build according to the budget. The Municipal Council goes according to the new budget. There are some differences according to that.

The powerful committee in a Municipal Council is the Finance Committee. So, all financial decisions taken by the Finance Committee must be approved by the Municipal Council or a special council. If the majority of the council does not agree to it, then the Municipal Council becomes inactive due to non-approval. This is the policy that needs to be clarified.

Even if the Finance Committee has the majority power, all financial decisions taken by the Finance Committee must be approved by the Municipal Council and the Special Council. So, if the Special Council does not have a majority, then the cooperation and unity of the unified front are essential for the Finance Committee, the Executive Committee, or the Health Committee to carry out all financial decisions. I think this is the policy reality.

Some people may say, "What's the big deal?" if they don't know this policy. However, I believe that without the approval of all financial decisions by the Finance Committee, the Municipal Council, or the Special Council, the Mayor and the Municipal Council do not have the power to act. I am saying this according to the budget.

Therefore, I think that the unity and consent to act in the necessary matters of the unified front today should be given by this Municipal Council. If not, it will go to another Commissioner's rule. Commissioner's rule and Mayor's rule are not two different things.

Therefore, I think the government should understand this reality. The government should not misunderstand that the Colombo Municipal Council is not just another local government institution, but that all local government institutions that were defeated in the past elections, united, pulled everything, gave promises, gave salaries, and were able to make the government believe that they could create power for themselves. They agreed that this is a difficult place, and it has become a very complicated place.

Now, the government is paying the price for that unity, because of the defeat of this Colombo Municipal Council.

[Question]: Is the main unified opposition trying to seize power in Colombo with the public's support?

[Answer]: Yes, they tried to seize power. They distorted those powers. We saw how the President said that the powerful people of this government would not lose. The opposition had the majority power in this Colombo Municipal Council. The opposition lost that majority power through various conspiracies and "deals".

However, when six months pass, Chandrika gave all those who were united one by one, saying that the country would be governed by one party, and the Colombo Municipal Council would be governed by one party. That is not the case. The Colombo Municipal Council is not governed by one party.

According to the wishes of the Municipal Council members and the majority of the people of Colombo, the administration of the Municipal Council should be carried out for the next four years according to their wishes. If not, if many people unite from time to time and give Chandrika, it will not work. Because to the right, it is a problem, and I think the government should understand that it is against it at this moment.

[Question]: Is there a process to appoint a new Mayor?

[Answer]: That will happen in two years. But I think that at this time, all the local government institutions that are doing this ineffective administration should do the necessary work according to their level. Therefore, we need to see who has the power in this, and who has the majority. Those majority members will bring this Municipal Council forward in unity.

[Question]: You said that the government is taking the people home. However, some people are evaluating this government in some places. They are giving support, giving 25,000 rupees, and saying it is good. There is still a big acceptance for the President. Also, this is a government with 159 members. How will the government take the people home with two more?

[Answer]: Did he give that support today? He said he gave a lakh. He said that the huge amount of money was destroyed, and what is the current situation of the destroyed money in the field? The reason he said it in Parliament was that the people who were affected by the disaster did not get support. He said that the story of a lakh in that gas cylinder is a gas cylinder, he said that the story of 50 lakhs is a gas cylinder, he said that the story of 100 lakhs is a gas cylinder.

However, the people are showing the country through the media and Parliament that this is a problem, and if that innocent, helpless people do not get that support, then it is not given, they are helpless, their lives and the social workers of the village are helpless, the temple is helpless, and this is a problem for the country.

This government says that whoever is good or not, they are not "wolves" but "bats". Therefore, the bats say that the general public of the country understands that this problem is the future of the country, and there is a fear about whether this country has a future "in our hands".

Therefore, I think the public of this country should understand this well. The majority should understand. We are saying without fear that this government, which is bankrupting the economy of this country, will definitely unite the people with two more. It is the public's support that gives leadership to that. It is only the people of the country who unite and give us the support we have.

We have not seen any attempts to liberate the people as in the past. The liberation and bankruptcy of the people make this government even more powerful. We have made the necessary arrangements to bring this government forward. The opposition of this country, and the people of this country, know that the problem, inability, and betrayal of this government have caused the government to fall. There is nothing to fall for the government.

The next government can work, and the only one who can build power is the public. We can decide where to take the economy of this country, and whether to lift this economy from here. The public support and plans that can give life to that economy are with the public.

We are asking whether Harsha de Silva, Eran Wickramaratne, Kabir Hashim, and that faction have the knowledge, power, and ability to show the opposition. Therefore, I think the people of the country will understand this. This country, which is bankrupting the country, has been put aside, and the people of the country have united in despair for the victory of the public with intelligent people who can run the country.



[Question]: Now, there is another discussion on social media and various national platforms that Ranil Wickremesinghe has a new opportunity to come to Parliament. What do you think about that?

[Answer]: Yes, I think that the Gotabaya government fell, and his arrival in Parliament happened. After that, with the support of the majority of the general public, a President was appointed.

So, if he sees that there is some control within the government, we don't know. They can protect their inability and their brokenness, and they can encourage Ranil Wickremesinghe to come to Parliament again, or to become President, to make the necessary arrangements. We don't know that. We have the doubt and the number that it is a national "game". Because today the people of the country have various economic problems. They are building on the country. The economy of this country is being destroyed.

When the lives of the people of the country are being destroyed, who are the people who are imagining this government, and who are the leaders who can protect the wrong things done by the government and the inability of the government? Because when the Gotabaya Rajapaksa broke down, how did the wrong things of the previous government protect, and who protected them, is not a matter for the people of the country to remember.

Therefore, we have a doubt whether the people who can protect the broken things in this government are working with the leaders he has found. Let's see how it is.

[Question]: Is Ranil Wickremesinghe good for Parliament?

[Answer]: No, we saw the national performance of Ranil Wickremesinghe and his national work in the past. He always bankrupted this country, and destroyed the country. He protected the same thing. That is his big mistake. We don't see another mistake in that.

Therefore, I think we have no faith in whether he will come to Parliament at this moment. He says he is leaving the government, he says he is leaving the leadership of the United National Party. So, we will discuss with him about whether Ranil Wickremesinghe will come to Parliament again and govern the country.

[Question]: He says that Ranil Wickremesinghe is stable now. Now, you are discussing that the public support and the United National Party are uniting in the past days. Is that over now?

[Answer]: No, that discussion about uniting is still going on, that's what we know. We don't know personally whether he will come to Parliament.

However, the necessity of uniting the United National Party and the public support is also visible to the people of the country. Therefore, the people of the country and the leaders of the United National Party, and the leaders of the public support, should understand what is visible. Therefore, I think that more than the stories, this is a valuable thing that the people of the country and the economy are building.

The people who are bankrupting the country have knowledge, power, knowledge, and money, and are not corrupt, and are not fraudsters, that's what we are clarifying today in the public support. If anyone in this government is corrupt, a fraudster, or a criminal, then it is not possible to go to the police and file a complaint, or to go to the Bribery Commission and file a complaint and get them arrested. Our members are saying that it is a good faction within the government, that's what we are saying.

I think this is very important. The people of the country have created an unacceptable government for this country because of this unity and disunity. Because of that disunity, a government like a friendly government that destroys the country has been created. If there is no such government, then we have faith that the public support and the United National Party will take a wise decision in the future.

[Question]: Finally, there was a big discussion about Ambalangoda. Is that related to someone in the public support? What happened?

[Answer]: I saw in the media that it was a candidate of the public support. So, I think it was a serious problem that happened there today, and it is about the protection of the public life in this country.

After the past election, some things happened to the people of the country, and before that election, the serious problems that were in this country were the discussions and the big discussions that were happening from place to place. So, the government and the police, who cannot suppress this serious situation, are protecting the people of the country today. This is a serious question.

However, if the government or the government's faction made a mistake, if they were caught somewhere, if they went to jail, then the police of this country act according to a separate policy and protect the government. But the public of this country, the people who are dying on the road, are saying that the police of this country do not have humanity, knowledge, knowledge, and power. That's what we are saying.