Monday, June 20, 2016

Lankan clergymen in London battle against Brexit

Sri Lanka's two principle administering parties have joined the chorale of worldwide voices encouraging British residents to vote to stay in the European Union at next Thursday's critical submission. As sentiment surveys show that British backing for leaving the European Union has surged, Telecom and Digital Infrastructure Minister Harin Fernando told the Sunday Times the previous evening that few clergymen and appointees who might visit Britain in the following few days on authority matters would meet British subjects of Sri Lankan source to urge them to vote to stay inside the union.
Amid visits to London a week ago, Mr. Fernando, Deputy Minister Harsha de Silva and previous UNP MP Rosy Senanayake tended to Sri Lankans living in the UK, disclosing the suggestions to Sri Lanka if Britain chose to leave the EU.





Pastor Dayasiri Jayasekera who was in London for the Sri Lanka-England third Test match at Lord's likewise met British residents of Sri Lankan cause and asked them to vote "no" for Brexit, a term authored by the British media to show Britain's way out from the EU. They communicated their backing for British Prime Minister David Cameron's battle to stay in the EU.

Clergyman Fernando said Minister Susil Premajayantha and State Minister Dilan Perera would do likewise amid their visit to that nation in the coming days. "Both, President Maithiripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe are of the perspective that it would be useful for Sri Lanka if the UK stays in the EU as it has a solid economy," he said

In a supposition piece to Britain's prominent "i" daily paper, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the European single business sector was basic for Sri Lanka. It is the world's greatest exchanging coalition and the greatest fare market for more than 80 nations, including Sri Lanka. He cautioned that its interruption would have worldwide results.

The Prime Minister called attention to that the UK had developed and kept up financial accomplishment, from the times of realm to the European single business sector. "To leave the EU now would put that very position at danger. It would be, in cricket speech, a hit wicket, and it is consequently not shocking that your associates and companions have communicated their tensions and concerns."

The United States President Barack Obama and pioneers of France, Germany and other intense economies have approached British subjects to vote to stay in the EU, while Russia's President Vladimir Putin has said he would not say whether he needed Britain to leave the EU, however he included it was an a "muddled" decision for British individuals.

The Ipsos MORI survey of 1,257 grown-ups crosswise over Britain from June 11-14 demonstrated 51 percent of all voters needed to leave the coalition and 49 percent needed to remain.