{"id":1588,"date":"2026-02-08T22:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2026-02-08T22:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:22:27","slug":"npp-govt-will-not-collapse-easily-despite-opposition-claims-sirisena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/?p=1588","title":{"rendered":"NPP Govt will not collapse easily despite Opposition claims \u2013 Sirisena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Maithripala Sirisena has dismissed repeated claims by the Opposition that the Government will collapse imminently, stating that the current administration will not fall so easily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking various statements is part of Opposition politics. However, a Government that commands the support of 159 Members of Parliament will not collapse as easily as shaking fruit off a tree,\u201d he said. \u201cToppling a Government backed by 159 MPs is not a simple task.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sirisena made these remarks while speaking to the media after attending a ceremonial event, reiterating that parliamentary strength remains a decisive factor in political stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Maithripala Sirisena has dismissed repeated claims by the Opposition that the Government will collapse imminently, stating that the current administration will not fall so easily. \u201cMaking various statements is part of Opposition politics. However, a Government that commands the support of 159 Members of Parliament will not collapse as easily as shaking fruit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local","8":"category-breaking"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1590,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions\/1590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}