Sri lanka’s Opposition, backing ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Thursday vowed “non-cooperation” with the Government as their attempt to bring no-confidence motions against the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister in the parliament was disallowed. “We will practice the policy of non-cooperation,” Dinesh Gunawardena, a Rajapaksa supporter and leader of Mahajana Eksath Peramuna told reporters.
Gunawardena said leader of the House lakshman Kiriella did not consent to two no-confidence motions against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake to be taken up during the third week of this month. “Party leaders met today to discuss business for the third week. We asked the two motions be debated. The government refused,” he said. “They said a date can be given only in July,” he said. The Rajapaksa supporters charge that Wickremesinghe and Karunanayake mismanaged the economy, causing massive losses, over the Central Bank’s sovereign bond issue in late February.