COUNTRY IN A STATE OF ANARCHY - PRESIDENT OF AGRARIAN ORGANISATION

President of the All Ceylon Agrarian Organisation Namal Karunaratne said the country was in a state of anarchy due to the ongoing conflict between two groups , one led by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the other led by former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

He told the media that President Maithripala Sirisena should dissolve parliament and hold a general election to resolve the issue or else the entire country would go deeper and deeper in to the mire. He stressed that all parliamentarians should join hands and pass a motion by two thirds majority compelling the president to dissolve parliament to obtain the people’s mandate to form a government.

The media conference had been convened to create awareness on several urgent issues affecting the agriculture sector including the failure to release water for the Maha season paddy cultivation despite heavy rains that resulted in the spilling over of all major tanks and reservoirs, shortage of fertilizer for subsidized prices, and the delay in paying compensation for crop devastation during the drought.

“The people in the entire country have been left in a state of anarchy due to the ongoing crisis created by President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Although Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa promised to issue fertilizer for subsidized prices

The media conference had been convened to create awareness on several urgent issues affecting the agriculture sector including the failure to release water for the Maha season paddy cultivation despite heavy rains

it is not available anywhere in the country. The three leaders are motivated on a personal agenda to show majority in parliament without least concern about its damage to the country. The only way to get out of this is to seek the public opinion at a general election,” he said.

General Secretary of the All Ceylon Agrarian Organisation T.b. sarath addressed the media.