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Dullas Alahapperuma asks PM, cabinet to step down
ECONOMYNEXT – Former Sri Lanka media minister and senior government member Dullas Alahapperuma on Friday (22) called for the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the cabinet of ministers to make way for an all-party interim government to manage the country’s worsening economic crisis.
In a latter addressed to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Alahapperuma said a numerically small cabinet that represents all political parties that represent parliament must be appointed without delay for a period of no more than one year.
“The prime goal of such an administration must be to face the challenge of laying a permanent foundation for national unity and sovereignty and setting the country’s economic and political agenda through broad consensus in a set period of time,” he said.
Alahapperuma stopped short of calling for the resignation of the president, however – a demand that’s been central to protests organised island-wide by Sri Lankans with no direct affiliation to any political party. “Go home, Gota” has been roared and repeated like a mantra outside the president’s office in the heart of Colombo for two weeks, as thousands take to the streets every day protesting the government’s handling of the unprecedented economic crisis.
Alahapperuma said history will accord special significance to the sacrifice the prime minister and the cabinet would have to make for such an interim government to become a reality.
“We must realise at least at this last burning second that every week this decision is delayed, the country’s future and stability is ruined for years,” he said.
Invoking the motto of President Rajapaksa’s and Alahapperuma’s alma mater Ananda College, the Matara district MP said: “Appamado amatha padam (doing without delay). The will of the people is that we shall act now without delay.
INS Sindhukesari, a submarine serving in the Indian Navy, arrived at the port of Colombo on 03 May 26 to undertake Operational Turnarounds.
The visiting submarine was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in precision with naval traditions.
Throughout its stay in the island, the submarine’s crew is scheduled to participate in a variety of programmes organized by the Sri Lanka Navy, including visits to several tourist attractions in Sri Lanka.
Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, officially visited the Russian House in Colombo to attend the Sri Lanka–Russia Medical Forum, where members of the Sri Lanka Russia Business Council and graduates from the Association of Sri Lankan Graduates from Socialist countries (ASLGSC) attended.
This historic gathering was graced by rectors and representatives from several world-class Russian medical institutions, including Kursk State Medical University, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, and Tver State Medical University, among others.
The forum commenced with an address by Minister Murashko, during which Russian medical graduates in attendance raised pertinent questions regarding medical and pharmaceutical sector opportunities in Sri Lanka.
Levan Dzhagaryan, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, together with Madam Maria L. Popova, Counsellor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sri Lanka & the Maldives and Director of the Russian House in Colombo, graced the occasion. Both officials expressed strong support for continued collaboration and future initiatives between the two nations.
The official appointment letters for the members of the newly established “Cricket Transformation Committee” (CTC) were handed over on Monday (04) by the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
The following members received their letters of appointment at the Ministry premises:
Sidath Wettimuny
Thushira Radella
Prakash Schaffter
Ms. Avanthi Colombage
The Ministry also noted that veteran cricketers Roshan Mahanama and Kumar Sangakkara, who are key members of the committee, are currently overseas. Their official appointments will be formalised immediately upon their arrival in Sri Lanka.
The Cricket Transformation Committee has been mandated to oversee the administration and drive structural reforms within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in accordance with the powers vested in the Minister under the Sports Act No. 25 of 1973.
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