Leftist MPs who oppose the proposed constitutional amendments to be labeled as Tigers

The Presidential Media Unit it is reliably learnt is to launch a campaign to label the five Leftist parliamentarians in the government – two Communist party members, two Lanka Sama Samaja Party members and Vasudeva Nanayakkara – who have opposed the proposed constitutional amendment to extend the number of terms of office held by an Executive President, as Tigers.

The main aim of the camping is to create an impression that the respective MPs were opposing the proposed constitutional amendment due to the monies received by them from foreign NGOs and LTTE sympathizers.

A director at the Presidential Media Unit, Mahinda Illepruma had last week discussed the matter with several editors of Sunday newspapers. 

Therefore, several Sinhala weekly newspapers had written articles critical of the five Leftist MPs in the government.

  Illepruma had told the media heads that the President had stated that people who have received funds from NGOs opposed the constitutional amendments and that such persons could leave the government.