Law Students’ Union ready to organise Sajith-AKD debate at Law College

The Law Students’ Union has requested the main Opposition Samaji Jana Balawegaya and Janatha Vimukthi Peremuna/Jathika Jana Balawegaya to hold the proposed debate between Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Sri Lanka Law College.

President of the Union Navod Rathnasekara has offered to arrange the debate as both parties declared their intention to address economic issues in the run-up to the forthcoming presidential election.

There hadn’t been a previous instance of such a political debate taking place at the Law College.

A spokesperson for the Union told The Island that they believed Law College is the ideal venue for the debate between the two opposing political camps.

According to him, the Union handed over letters of invitation to SJB leader Sajith Premadasa, General Secretary of the SJB Ranjith Madduma Bandara, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National Executive Committee Member of the Jathika Jana Balawegaya Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa.

The spokesperson said that they intended to organize debates on critical topics such as law and order, economic reforms, technology, and education. The Union official said that they were confident the two opposing political alliance would take advantage of their offer to organize the debate at the College premises.

The JVP has already proposed four dates for the SJB to choose one, whereas the SJB said that they should decide on a day following discussion. The SJB has proposed that in addition to the leaders, the economic team of the respective parties should conduct a separate debate (SF)