President opposes 20th A – WP Governor

RANMINI GUNASEKARA-DEC 27 2018

President Maithripala Sirisena is not in agreement with the proposed 20^th Amendment to the Constitution, brought by the JVP, seeking the abolition of the Executive Presidency, said the Western Province Governor Hemakumara Nanayakkara, today (27).

He said so at a media briefing held at the Janajaya City Building, and Nanayakkara went onto say that the JVP has very limited power in Parliament.

“It was brought by the JVP, but the people at the grassroots level are disturbed by it. We know why they brought it; we know how many people went to have secret discussions with some of these so called non-governmental organizations. The JVP is a very weak party today. They hasten the process of becoming weaker by bringing in this Amendment,” he added.

He further added that there was also a secret conspiracy to approve a new Constitution, but said that he would not allow this to happen.

Meanwhile, when queried as to whether it would be the Provincial Councils (PC) Elections or the General/Parliamentary Elections that would be held first, he added that he expected that the PC Polls would be held first owing to the current political situation.