Ranil won't go

14 January 2013 08:10 am

United National Party (UNP) candidates will boycott the Parliamentary Council that will sit tomorrow to approve the appointment of another Chief Justice.

Chief Opposition Whip John Amratunga said neither the Leader of Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe nor MP D. M. Swarminathan would participate in the Council meeting.

“There is no point in UNP participating in the Council as it had opposed the 18th Amendment to the Constitution right from the beginning,” Mr. Amratunga said.

The UNP  boycotted the Parliamentary Council after it was appointed following the enacting of the 18th Amendment which the party opposed. (YP)