Ready for the Debate – NPP announces officially
When Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of National People’s Power, participated in Hiru TV channel’s ‘Selakuna’ programme on January 09, 2023, he invited Sajith Premadasa of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya for a dialogue on economic policies of the two parties.
Sajith Premadasa, the leader of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya rejected the invitation. However, several members of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya had made statements regarding a dialogue and the national executive member of the NPP, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, has officially informed that the NPP is fully prepared and ready for that dialogue.
The full text of the notification is published below.
The press release
As some people are trying to spread wrong information about a debate to be held between Comrade Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the National People’s Power, and Sajith Premadasa, the leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, the truth about it needs to be clarified.
The first conversation about a debate between the two sides was created with the statement made by the leader of our party, Comrade Anura Kumara Dissanayake, on 01.09.2023, on the Hiru ‘Salakuna’ TV programme, that he is ready for a debate with Mr. Sajith Premadasa on the development path of the country. It was in response to the opinions raised by journalists about the situation in which Mr. Sajith Premadasa was coming out with various stories against the National People’s Power in various media.
However, Mr. Sajith Premadasa for some reason did not accept the challenge of the debate and later several MPs of that party presented a topic of having a debate on economic policies with the Economic Council of the National People’s Power. Now, we observe that there is an attempt by several members of Samagi Jana Balavegaya to promote a discussion on the second debate by suppressing the original discussion on the debate. This is evident in press release issued by MP Nalin Bandara yesterday (09).
In that announcement, he accuses the Economic Council of the National People’s Power of avoiding the debate and that he was the first to propose the debate and that the National People’s Power has forgotten the past. But the Economic Council of the National People’s Power has no need to avoid the debate on the economy as it has a strategic plan and practical programme related to the recovery of Sri Lanka from the economic crisis and to develop it as a developed country in the world.
We emphasize again the need to hold this debate between Comrade Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Mr. Sajith Premadasa as candidates for the upcoming presidential election in the year 2024, based on the first conversation that took place about a debate. Also, we think that in this situation, it will be very clear to the people who is suffering from the disease of forgetting the past.
Considering all this, we would like to submit the following proposals to the Samagi Jana Balawegaya
. 01. We are ready to hold a debate between Comrade Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the National People’s Power and Mr. Sajith Premadasa, the leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, on the path to recovery from the overall crisis that the country has fallen into.
- If for any reason the Samagi Jana Balawega is not ready for such a debate and accordingly, if such a debate is not held, the Economic Council of the National Peoples Power is ready to hold a debate with a similar representative group of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya.
In this situation, we request all parties related to Samagi Jana Balavega to refrain from spreading false information about the debate and we request the people not to be misled by their false information and to understand the situation correctly.
Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa
National Executive Member
National People’s Power
10.04.2024
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