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Referring to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s statement on forming administrations in local councils, former MP M.A. Sumanthiran remarked that “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
In a post on X, Sumanthiran stated that President Dissanayake threatens he has a two-thirds majority in Parliament and also refers to the executive power vested in him.
“President Anura Kumara Dissanayake threatens that he has a two-thirds majority in Parliament—and strangely (or is it?)—he refers to the executive power in his hands! Power corrupts, and absolute power (indeed) corrupts absolutely. Arithmetic also goes out the window when he claims that 10 out of 41 seats in the Jaffna Municipal Council constitutes a majority!” he wrote.
Yesterday, the President said that the government would amend laws if anyone challenges or attempts to disrupt the mandate, asserting that the National People’s Power (NPP) has the right to form councils in local bodies where it has secured a majority.
Colombo, May 15 (Daily Mirror)