COLOMBO (News 1st) – Commenting on a national government, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Arjuna Ranathunga said that he is in favour of a national government.

The Minister said that since the people had asked for a national government from the beginning in order to resolve the issues in the country it should be brought to effect.  He claimed that if not for a national government, in the first place, that the power would have been given to a Presidential candidate of the winning party and that the party with the majority would have established a government in the country.

Minister Arjuna Ranathunga urged the President and the Prime Minister to set aside their political differences and come together to solve the problems of the country.

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