Proposed debate on economy: SJB-JVP back-and-forth continues

JVP/NPP’s coordinator for the proposed Anura-Sajith debate, Dr Nalinda Jayatissa, yesterday said that he was yet to receive a response from the SJB officially.

Contacted for comment soon after his SJB counterpart, MP Nalin Bandara Jayamaha, issued a social media post of a letter, agreeing to have the economic council debate between May 27-31 and their  leaders’ debate between June 03 and 07, Dr Jayatissa said that he had not been officially informed of that decision. “Nalin Bandara should have at least

Whatsapped that letter to me. “I met him at Waters Edge on 26 April and tried to hand over our letter challenging Sajith Premadasa for a debate on a date prior to 20 May.Bandara refused to accept it by hand. Thereafter, we whatsapped it to

 him, SJB General Secretary Ranjith Bandara. Then we tried to fax it and were told that the SJB fax machine was broken. The following day, we sent the same by  registered post to all SJB officials. So, we expect their response too should be sent to us formally. On the other hand, we mentioned  May 20 as the deadline for debate, not a response,” Dr Jayatissa said.