Ranil speaking to the media after touring Colombo City

All measures taken in accordance with parliamentary consent;says PM while touring Colombo Fort Referring to the political situation, Mr. Wickremesinghe said he had decided to go in for a joint government with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) despite an offer by some SLFPers to cross over and enable him to form a UNP government in order to bring about a new political culture. He said former president Mahinda Rajapaksa had also welcomed a UNP plus SLFP government. He promised that before long justice would be done by those UNPers who made a sacrifice to form a joint government. "Uniting the UNP and SLFP is the first step towards turning the whole of parliament into one government," he said, pointing out that he had made such a promise before the elections.