MR’S security details must be reduced now
UNP MP Nalin Bandara Jayamaha said on Tuesday that the security detail given to MP Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister should be reduced as he cannot function as the premier as per the interim order given by the Appeal Court on Tuesday.
He told a news conference that IGP Pujith Jayasundara should act the same way he acted and removed security detail of UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe when he was removed from the Prime Minister’s post.
“Mr. Rajapaksa is no longer entitled to the security that is given to a Prime Minister now as he does not hold the post anymore,” Mr. Jayamaha said.
However, he said UNP is not asking that Mr. Rajapaksa be given the security that is given to an MP as he is a former President. “We are not asking that he be provided ten men to be in charge of his security but to provide him with decent amount of security,” he added.
He charged that there was a move to appoint a new Prime Minister from Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) or Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), who does not command a majority in the House.
He said that there was no reason for President to refrain from appointing Mr. Wickremesinghe, who commands majority in the House, as the Prime Minister.