It is reported that 13 other members of the ruling party have handed over a letter to President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa requesting him to remove Mahinda Rajapaksa from the post of Prime Minister and appoint a cabinet with another Prime Minister.
Accordingly, they have requested the President to appoint a new Prime Minister from the SLPP and a Cabinet representing all parties in Parliament to form an interim caretaker government.
If this request is not fulfilled, they too will have to take a decision in accordance with their conscience and the 13 backbenchers have informed the President in their letter.
Sources say that if these 13 MPs leave the government and become independent, the number of seats in the government will be reduced to 103.
