Sri Lanka presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that he will dissolve parliament immediately upon his election and temporarily send all “crooks” home until the public makes it permanent at a general election in one and a half months,
“Hand over the country to the National People’s Power on September 21. We’ll start to change things one by one,” Anura Kumara said speaking at an election rally in Thambuththegama.
Anuraa Kumara
“Results will come on the 22nd. We won’t waste an hour. We will swear in instantly and immediately dissolve parliament."
“We won’t allow these thieves, criminals and frauds to spend another day in parliament,” he said.
Anura Kumara
“I will send them home temporarily. At the general election, you vote for permanently sending them home. We’ll give you a head start,” Anura Kumara said.
He said the next parliament won’t have “frauds and corrupt people” and will instead be filled with honest, disciplined and “real” people with subject expertise.
“The first cabinet decision will be to cancel MPs’ pensions.
“MPs get vehicle permits which are sold for 20, 30 million rupees. The NPP government will stop issuing permits to MPs, which is a bribe,” he said.
The NPP government’s cabinet will be selected scientifically and comprise no more than 25 ministers,"
“Today they create multiple ministries. Agriculture, land, irrigation and animal husbandry is one ministry.
“There is no such thing as state ministers. The NPP will not provide housing to ministers, said Dissanayake.
“There will be no motorcades of seven, eight vehicles to travel behind ministers. Maximum one or two.
“We’re not coming to grab it all. We’re coming to let go. For this country, public officials must let go a lot of things,” he said.
Anura Kumara said Pensions of former presidents will also be cancelled,
“This poor country cannot bear the cost of maintaining these MPs and ministers.
