A ‘referendum’ instead of a general election?
It is reported that using the powers of the executive president after the presidential election there is a plan to have a referendum and to allow the present portfolios of the Ministers to be kept as it is for a period of six years.This was said by the Minister of Zoological gardens and recreation Jayarathna Herath at a ceremony where a new Deputy Minister under him V.Radhakrishnan assumed office.
He also added that the UPFA government is making full use of J.R Jayewardena’s constitution and he is sure that the president Mahinda Rajapaksa would be reelected for a third term.