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Cooray comes back in chaotic somersault
Saturday, 2 July 2005 - 3:34 AM SL Time
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The crisis in the Western Provincial Council took another chaotic somersault yesterday when the two major parties came together to reinstall former Chief Minister Reginold Cooray.
Governor Alavi Mowlana said after an emergency party leaders meeting yesterday he would swear in Mr. Cooray as Chief Minister again on Sunday, after 61 members including the UNP and PA councilors submitted affidavits asking for the reappointment of Mr. Cooray.
The affidavits were submitted by 29 UNP members, 26 PA members, four SLMC members and two others from smaller parties.
Addressing a news conference after his victorious re emergence in the 104-member council, Mr. Cooray said this was a new era in the political history of Sri Lanka because the two main parties had come together with other parties.
We have created a new political culture and it should be taken into national politics as well, he said.
Mr. Cooray said 10 other PA members in the group would also back him if the party leadership endorsed his re appointment.
WPC opposition and UNP leader Kithsiri Kahatapitiya said the UNP would support Mr. Cooray while remaining in the opposition.
'We did not go after positions but got together with other parties putting the country first' he said.
Meanwhile JVP Group leader Waruna Deepthi Rajapakse lashed out at the Councillors who decided to back Mr. Cooray saying the move had split both the UNP and the PA with some for Mr. Cooray and others not for him.
The reappointment of Mr. Cooray is seen as a blow to Minister Mangala Samaraweera and the JVP as the short-lived appointment of Nandana Mendis as Chief Minister was the result of a compromise between them.
Mr. Mendis was sworn in as Chief Minister two weeks ago after Mr. Cooray resigned in the wake of a no confidence motion moved against him by the UNP group backed by the JVP.
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akithya2005
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1 Jul 2005 23:03:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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You can see the reality now.Before we tested from differant bottles but we couldnt recognize same wine in those two bottles.Now clearly same wine in'ONLY ONE BOTTLE'
poor SLFP people you idiots vote the SLFP to chace out LTTE suppoters (UNP) - Big ass cheated you - Now Ranil+CBK+LTTE clearly on one side,those all against the Dimocrecy -- You have to find out another coalition for people
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Gamma
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2 Jul 2005 00:06:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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| What will happen to Nandana Mendis now? This shows us the bankruptcy of the SLFP. Dont know what to do. If unp want to support Cooray then they cant be in the opposition of the council. They are the part of the governing party. |
Popeye
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2 Jul 2005 00:34:18 GMT Report for Abuse
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| WHAT A TWIST OF FATE FOR COORAY. NOW THERE IS A COALITION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES. |
jayampath
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2 Jul 2005 03:22:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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'ALL BASTERDS GET UNITED WHEN THERE IS A COMMON DANGER'.
- THAT'S WHY THEY ARE CALLED BASTERDS. |
muniraj16
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2 Jul 2005 06:10:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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By the way in the WP council...are the members only doing these idiotic stuff like electing and re electing ?????
aren't any proper service is given to its tax payers?????Come on members of the council...people didn't send you there to just do childish stuff....do some work for the councils...
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samanj
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2 Jul 2005 09:15:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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Muniraj16 : It appears to be so.
There appear to be no service but politics &
fro-litics.
This is SL demo-crazy............. |
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