The Opposition party (SJB) to surround President’s House tomorrow
Posted on July 8th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today said its entire party machinery will come to Colombo tomorrow and surround the President’s House and will remain there till President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves office.
We will gather at Fort Railway station and will march towards the President’s House later and remain there till the President resigns, SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara and two other MPs Rajitha Senaratne and Mujibur Rahman told a press conference today.
We call on all people to violate curfew in such an eventuality and join in the final battle to grab power,” the MPs said.
We also urge security forces and the police not to follow orders given by the top and join in the uprising,” Mr. Madduma Bandara said.
He said top brass of the government had ordered the relevant institutions to stop the distribution of fuel in order to prevent the people from coming to the capital today. There is a move to stop railway transportation through an act of sabotage,” he said.
Parliament will be convened if the President leaves today to choose a successor,” he also said.
SJB also called for the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe saying he is also proven to be a failure.(Yohan Perera)