UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says that if a General Election is necessary, a legal government should be established and a motion should be brought in the Parliament.
Speaking at a press conference at Temple Trees today (4), he said that the stance of the United National Party (UNP) is to hold the election on a date agreed on by all the parties.
Wickremesinghe said that all political parties agree to hold an election only if a legal government exists in the country and that even the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) have declared this.
“The president has to appoint me prime minister as I command a majority in parliament,” he said.
“I am telling the president not to act like Hitler who bypassed the constitution... We are not going to allow him to do that.”
