Constitution making process SJB offers support only if Parliament is converted to Constitutional Assembly

By Yohan Perera

The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is to inform the government that it will support the constitution making exercise only if Parliament is converted into a Constitutional Assembly.

SJB Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella told a media conference that his party would only agree to support the government in working out  a new constitution only if it agrees to it.

“The experts' committee which was appointed by the government to compile a new constitution has informed us to send in our proposals for a new constitution. We will therefore inform the committee in writing that we will participate in the process of compiling a new constitution only if the government is agreeable to convert Parliament into a constitutional assembly,” Mr. Kiriella said.