This Executive Committee which held its meeting hurriedly yesterday evening at the Parliamentary assembly Hall following the passing of the budget had discussed Gen. Fonseka’s tour of Nairobi. At the discussion, Ministers Nimal Siripala De Silva and Rajitha Senaratne had stated that if Fonseka goes to Nairobi he would not return to SL. Thereafter, the Executive Committee had taken a vote on this to make their decision. This Committee which comprises a majority of the Govt. MPs had, based on the majority vote removed General’s name from the tour.

No sooner the budget voting was over than Attorney at law, Sumith Wijesinghe , the Secretary , parliamentary affairs of the Parliamentary group leader Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva had organized this urgent meeting and summoned the members of the Executive Committee.

An opposition MP speaking to Lanka e news stated ,this subsequent withdrawal of Fonseka’s name from the list of participants at the Commonwealth MPs meeting is something that had never occurred before in the Parliamentary history .

If this is to go on , the right to appoint members by the Opposition will be totally lost to the Govt. The reason for this is, in every Parliamentary Executive Committee, the Govt. MPs are in a majority.