{"id":38040,"date":"2015-02-02T20:27:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T01:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=38040"},"modified":"2015-02-02T21:21:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T02:21:19","slug":"those-who-saidsirisena-kotiya-sirisena-is-a-tiger-are-now-sayingsirisena-saranam-gachchamii-seek-refuge-in-sirisena-sajith-premadasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=38040","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Those who said &#8220;Sirisena Kotiya&#8221; (Sirisena is a Tiger) are now saying &#8220;Sirisena Saranam Gachchami&#8221; (I seek Refuge in Sirisena) &#8211; Sajith Premadasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Saman Indrajith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parliament sittings were suspended for 10 minutes yesterday as opposition MPs staged a protest during the debate on an adjournment motion moved by them against the removal of Mohan Peiris from the office Chief Justice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38064\" style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/WO-MS.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38064\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/WO-MS.jpg\" alt=\"Pic by-Ishara Kodikara, President Maithripala Sirisena during a fitness session at Independence Square Jan 30, 2015 \" width=\"549\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38064\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pic by-Ishara Kodikara, President Maithripala Sirisena during a fitness session at Independence Square Jan 30, 2015<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An uproar from the Opposition drowned government voices when Housing and Samurdhi Minister Sajith Premadasa told the House that those who shouted &#8220;Sirisena kotiya&#8221; (Sirisena is a Tiger) were now saying &#8220;Sirisena saranam gachchami&#8221; (I go to Sirisena for refuge).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38062\" style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SP-UNP.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38062\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SP-UNP-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"facebook.com\/sajithpremadasa\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38062\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">facebook.com\/sajithpremadasa<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAll Opposition MPs except the TNA and JVP attended sittings wearing a black arm band as a sign of protest against the removal of Mohan Peiris from the post of Chief Justice. They did not permit Minister Premadasa to deliver his speech shouting at government and saying that the majority of parliamentarians were in the opposition. They chanted bahutharaya ape (We are the majority) disrupting the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation could not be brought under control, Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody decided to suspend the sittings for ten minutes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton38040\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D38040&amp;text=%26%238220%3BThose%20who%20said%20%26%238220%3BSirisena%20Kotiya%26%238221%3B%20%28Sirisena%20is%20a%20Tiger%29%20are%20now%20saying%20%26%238220%3BSirisena...%20&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>By Saman Indrajith Parliament sittings were suspended for 10 minutes yesterday as opposition MPs staged a protest during the debate on an adjournment motion moved by them against the removal of Mohan Peiris from the office Chief Justice. An uproar from the Opposition drowned government voices when Housing and Samurdhi Minister Sajith Premadasa told the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=38040\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;&#8220;Those who said &#8220;Sirisena Kotiya&#8221; (Sirisena is a Tiger) are now saying &#8220;Sirisena Saranam Gachchami&#8221; (I seek Refuge in Sirisena) &#8211; Sajith Premadasa&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\/38040"}],"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=38040"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38066,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38040\/revisions\/38066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}