CIFC law will be challenged
View(s):Joint opposition MP Bandula Gunawardane told the Business Times that they would definitely file action in the Supreme Court against the CIFC Law challenging its constitutionality once it is gazetted.
He noted that in a recent gazette notification issued under the signature of Minister Malik Samarawickrama, it has declared that the reclaimed area will come under the authority of Urban Development Authority Act (UDA) and the proposed CIFC law.
JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said there are laws governing the reclamation of paddy land or even swamps, but there is no law for land reclamation from the sea. Therefore everyone should be cautious about the proposed CIFC law.