{"id":67052,"date":"2020-01-08T01:33:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T06:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=67052"},"modified":"2020-01-08T01:34:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T06:34:45","slug":"sajith-premadasa-in-maiden-speech-in-parliament-as-leader-of-the-opposition-promises-support-for-passing-of-early-2020-budget-and-pledges-to-give-full-support-for-implementation-of-govts-progre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=67052","title":{"rendered":"Sajith Premadasa  in Maiden  Parliament  Speech as Leader of the Opposition Promises Support for  Passing of Early   2020 Budget and Pledges to Give Full Support For Implementation of  Govt&#8217;s Progressive Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Newly-appointed Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa made his maiden speech in Parliament yesterday by extending support to the Government to take forward any people-friendly policies, including shelving the $ 480 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver 6.9 million people voted for the President. As the Opposition Leader I would like to say that we, as the Opposition, will give our full support to implement the progressive proposals of the Government,\u201d Premadasa said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>He requested the Government to present a Budget for 2020 without waiting until April or May. \u201cI request the Government to present a Budget for this year as soon as possible. No need to wait for that until April or May. We will give our support to pass the Budget,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Participating in the adjournment debate on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa\u2019s policy statement to the House, Premadasa said the UNP would also extend support to shelve the MCC. \u201cLet us discuss the MCC, Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), Acquisition and Cross Services Agreement (ACSA) and the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. You promised to shelve these during the election campaign, so let us do that together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:Daily FT<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton67052\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D67052&amp;text=Sajith%20Premadasa%20%20in%20Maiden%20%20Parliament%20%20Speech%20as%20Leader%20of%20the%20Opposition%20Promises%20Support%20for%20%20Passing%20of...%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>Newly-appointed Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa made his maiden speech in Parliament yesterday by extending support to the Government to take forward any people-friendly policies, including shelving the $ 480 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact. \u201cOver 6.9 million people voted for the President. 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