SLFP General Secretary and State Minister of Batik, Handloom and Local Apparel Products Dayasiri Jayasekera yesterday said that his party’s Central Committee would decide the time when the party should leave the ruling alliance.
Speaking at the Matale District SLFP Convention, the Minister said that a couple of years back people had been asking them not to contest under any symbol other than the Lotus Bud but today the very same people were asking them not to contest under the Lotus Bud symbol under any circumstances.
“Those who worked hard to bring the Lotus Bud to power are now using obscene words to describe this government. People are demanding that we should leave this government immediately. The SLFP Central Committee will decide the time to leave it. We are in the process of preparing a new policy manifesto that will suit the people and the country, which is confronted with numerous problems and crises. We must strive to bring about a government that would not be similar to any former one. We polled in around 1.5 million votes to form this government. We cannot see the suffering of those who had voted for us. If the government is going to continue in the wrong path, we are not going to give the votes of our 14 MPs in parliament,” the state minister said.