{"id":88766,"date":"2019-05-14T15:55:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T22:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=88766"},"modified":"2019-05-14T15:55:26","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T22:55:26","slug":"bring-no-confidence-motion-against-the-entire-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/05\/14\/bring-no-confidence-motion-against-the-entire-government\/","title":{"rendered":"BRING NO CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>By M D P DISSANAYAKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The\ncurrent political situation in Sri Lanka arguably becoming extremely complex\nand convoluted by the hour.&nbsp; The majority of Sri Lankans have expressed\ntheir lack of confidence in the government since the Good Friday attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nspite of government assurances, the parents are refusing to send their loving\nchildren to schools.&nbsp; The shopkeepers are reluctant to resume their\nbusinesses for fear of reprisals.&nbsp; The workforce reluctant to report for\nwork.&nbsp; The management of most companies have remained closed &nbsp;due to\nlack of work force, reduction of incoming sales orders or cancellation of\nexisting orders.&nbsp;&nbsp; The service sector is paralysed, home craftsmen\u2019s\u2019\nactivities eroded, factories have reduced their shift working hours or\ntemporary closed down.&nbsp;&nbsp; These factors results in erosion of export\ntrade. Imported goods are stock piling at the Port containers causing\ndemurrages and stevedoring charges.&nbsp; Due to reduction of volume of\nproducts and services, the selling prices are becoming prohibitive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In\nthe midst of all these, the Prime Minister and the President are playing\ngames.&nbsp; They don\u2019t see each other eye to eye.&nbsp; The government is\ndysfunctional. The situation cannot be rectified by sacking few selected\nCabinet Ministers or Governors.&nbsp; The situation is much larger and pose a\nserious threat to Sri Lanka\u2019s independence as a sovereign nation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All\nMembers of Parliament who realize the dangers of Sri Lanka becoming&nbsp;\nunsafe place to live, should support a No Confidence Motion against the entire\nGovernment and the Cabinet of Ministers, so that a snap General Election could\nbe called.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By M D P DISSANAYAKE The current political situation in Sri Lanka arguably becoming extremely complex and convoluted by the hour.&nbsp; The majority of Sri Lankans have expressed their lack of confidence in the government since the Good Friday attack. In spite of government assurances, the parents are refusing to send their loving children to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-m-d-p-dissanayake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}