Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ajith P. Perera says it is the responsibility of the President to decide whether a minister facing serious allegations should continue to hold the post of Minister of Energy.
Addressing the media yesterday (15), he stated that when former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella faced allegations regarding medicine purchases, Anura Kumara Dissanayake strongly raised his voice in Parliament demanding his removal from the ministerial post, and now he must act.
He added that when JVP MPs raised their voices in that manner, then President Ranil Wickremesinghe removed Keheliya Rambukwella from the post of Health Minister.
However, he charged that National People’s Power (NPP) General Secretary Nihal Abeysinghe has told the media that although serious charges have been levelled against the Minister of Energy, he has not been removed, and described this as a shameless statement.
Ajith P. Perera further said that if President Anura Kumara Dissanayake does not feel shaken by serious charges being levelled against a member of a group that preached about good governance and state integrity, then it raises a question about transparency. (Newswire)