Mangala accuses President heading for a dicatorship

(September 03, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera accused President Mahinda Rajapaksa for heading for a dictatorship and acting agaisnt the Mahinda Chinthanaya.

Mr Samaraweera addressing a press conference today said that the president had not sought a mandate at the last presidential elections to continue with the executive presidency.

He said that president was also acting undemocratically by forcing UNP members to support the proposed constitutional amendments in parliament next week.

Meanwhile, the UNP MPs Lakshman Seneviratne and Earl Gunasekara have decided to support the constitutional amendments due to be presented in Parliament next week.