No NEC decision to arrest Gota: Anura

13 March 2015 03:44 pm

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Leader and National Executive Council (NEC) member Anura Kumara Dissanayake today said the Council had not taken any decision ‘in his presence’ to arrest former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

He said he arrived at the Council meeting held on Wednesday late but assured there was no decision taken on the arrest of Mr. Rajapaksa.

“Though I was late, I was briefed by others who were already there on the discussions which were held. They did not mention anything related to the arrest of Mr. Rajapaksa. After all, the NEC has no legal authority to take such a decision to arrest anyone,” he said.    
   
He said they held discussions on Constitutional reforms during the meeting.

It was earlier reported that the NEC had unanimously decided to arrest former Defence Secretary quoting Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne.

Mr. Dissanayake said the reports of NEC deciding to arrest Mr. Rajapaksa were baseless. (Lahiru Pothmulla)