{"id":35224,"date":"2014-11-22T17:44:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T22:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=35224"},"modified":"2014-11-22T17:44:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T22:44:58","slug":"maithripala-sirisena-has-fallen-into-an-opposition-trapsays-mahinda-rajapaksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=35224","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Maithripala Sirisena has Fallen into an Opposition Trap&#8221;says Mahinda Rajapaksa."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In response to former SLFP General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena\u2019s announcement yesterday at the Colombo New Town Hall that he would be standing for the upcoming presidential election as the common opposition candidate, President Rajapaksa at a gathering at Temple Trees has Mr Sirisena has fallen into a trap by the Opposition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The President made these comments yesterday at a gathering of Indigenous Medical Practitioners at Temple Trees. While addressing the attendees the President had remarked that Mr Sirisena had fallen into the opposition\u2019s trap the same way former Army commander Sarath Fonseka did in 2010. The president further added that he felt sorry for Mr Sirisena.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>President Rajapaksa said while the main demand of the opposition is the abolition of the Executive Presidency, the Opposition had not supported the  Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to  abolish the Executive Preisdency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opposition which is clamoring for the abolition of the Executive Presidency does not support the Parliamentary Select Committee,\u201d the President was quoted as saying in his speech.<\/p>\n<p>President Rajapaksa said if the need is to abolish the Executive Presidency, it can be done through Parliament by a two thirds majority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SLFP faced challenges in 1977 and thereafter the leaders who destroyed the country\u2019s culture and sold state assets have started shedding crocodile tears again. These elements that are trying to take the service personnel and the government to the UNHRC for eradicating terrorism have started shedding crocodile tears for the country,\u201d the President was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:Sunday Times<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton35224\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D35224&amp;text=%26%238220%3BMaithripala%20Sirisena%20has%20Fallen%20into%20an%20Opposition%20Trap%26%238221%3Bsays%20Mahinda%20Rajapaksa.&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to former SLFP General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena\u2019s announcement yesterday at the Colombo New Town Hall that he would be standing for the upcoming presidential election as the common opposition candidate, President Rajapaksa at a gathering at Temple Trees has Mr Sirisena has fallen into a trap by the Opposition. The President made these &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=35224\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;&#8220;Maithripala Sirisena has Fallen into an Opposition Trap&#8221;says Mahinda Rajapaksa.&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35225,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35224\/revisions\/35225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}