Sri Lanka's main opposition ready to support government for the benefit of the public

Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) is ready to support the government at any stage for the benefit of the country's people, party's General Secretary Tissa Attanayake has said today.


The UNP parliamentarian has said that it is important to implement an executive Prime Minister post in this country like the other countries in the world. Most other countries have adopted the executive Prime Minister system in their administrations, he has explained.

It is important that the leader of the country has the responsibility and would be able to answer to the questions raised in the parliament and executive Prime Minister will allow that, Attanayake has pointed out.
The opposition party has decided to discuss on constitutional amendments with the government at any time and has agreed to support the government to bring the necessary changes, he has said.
A UNP parliamentary group headed by the Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe met President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently to discuss the constitutional amendments that are to be brought soon.
The party also met with External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L Peiris last Thursday to discuss the implementation of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution.