Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- The UNP has adopted 'fork-tongued stance' on the Millennium Challenge Corporation agreement proposed by the USA, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa charged yesterday. The Prime Minister points out in a media statement that while it was in government, the UNP had been ready to rush through approval of the MCC pact but now the very same party was opposing it.

In his media statement, Rajapaksa says:

"We hear the newly appointed Opposition Leader and other Parliamentarians of the UNP making frequent references to the controversial MCC pact. The Opposition Leader states on the public platform that the MCC pact should be torn up and that he will not allow the present government to implement it. Last week, the UNP Oppositio...