Rajitha Senaratne and Champika Ranawaka stressed they would leave the government if a proper investigation was not conducted.
President Maithripala Sirisena has convened a meeting of the government parliamentary group today to discuss the matter.
At the cabinet meeting, Rajitha, Champika as well as Arjuna Ranatunga noted they could not face the electorate due to JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s criticism of the president and the prime minister over the Avant Garde incident.
They stressed that it was none other than them who had formed this good governance regime, and a group of outsiders now in the government were committing fraud.
The ministers asked the president to make a statement if he had any involvement.
Without cabinet approval
Rauff Hakeem said Thilak Marapana should not have made a speech with regard to Avant Garde, without cabinet approval.
However, Marapana said there was nothing wrong in accordance with the law.
Rajitha and Champika challenged him, and asked him to explain as to how there was no issue, since more than 3,000 firearms had been issued.
In the end, the prime minister has agreed to hold an investigation into the matter.
