New Constitution: Karu J to comment on Prez declaration

Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has called a media briefing at No 8/32 A, Wachissara Nahimi Mawatha, Kirulapona, today (14) to comment on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s recent declaration of his intention to enact a new Constitution. One-time UNP Deputy Leader, Jayasuriya is the Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) formed by the late Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera.

SLPP National List MP and Chairman of Yuthukama civil society group Gevindu Kumaratunga recently said that those who voted for the SLPP at the 2019 presidential and 2020 parliamentary polls expected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to unveil the draft Constitution ahead of the second anniversary of his victory at the Nov 16, 2019 presidential poll.