No meeting scheduled for today between the President and Opposition Leader, Sri Lanka opposition party says

Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) today denied any knowledge of a proposed meeting between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe later in the day.


UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake told ColomboPage that contrary to media reports there was no meeting scheduled between the President and Wickremasinghe.

"I too saw these media reports claiming there is a meeting today between the President and the Opposition Leader. I inquired about it yesterday and I was informed by the party leader that there was no such meeting," he said.
The media since Saturday published stories that the President and Wickremasinghe were scheduled to meet for key talks on Tuesday (03).
Attanayake however said there was no such discussion according to Wickremasinghe.
When asked if a meeting has been scheduled between the government and the UNP to discuss the abolishing of the Executive Presidency and formation of an Executive Premiership, Attanayake said there was no such meeting planned yet.
A UNP parliamentary group headed by Wickremasinghe met President Rajapaksa last month to discuss the constitutional amendments that are to be brought soon.
The President and the UNP leaders in the meeting agreed in principle to the need to abolish the Executive Presidency and create an Executive Prime Minister post that will be responsible to parliament.