AG tells SC 2/3 majority and referendum needed for reconvening dissolved LG bodies

By AJA Abeynayake

The Attorney General yesterday (24) informed the Supreme Court that a two-thirds majority in Parliament and people’s approval at a referendum were required if the Local Government bodies were to be reconvened as per a private member’s bill presented to Parliament by SLPP MP Jayantha Ketagoda.

The Attorney General said so when 27 petitions filed before the Supreme Court requesting to declare that the provisions contained in the relevant Bill are in violation of the Constitution were taken up yesterday.

The Attorney General told the Court that certain provisions of the Constitution would be violated by the private member’s bill at issue.