United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Range Bandara has defended his stance for calling for a postponement of the Presidential elections and Parliamentary elections by two years.
Mr Range Bandara today addressing a press conference at the party Headquarters Sirikotha said that he was only explaining a provision provided in the Constitution.
‘I have not made any statement against democracy,’ he said.
Reading out provisions from the Constitution, he said that it was clear that a referendum could be called for on a national issue, as decided upon by the President.
He said he made his original statement considering that Sri Lanka now needs to prepare to pay up its debt while obtaining further loans for development.
He said parties may against his views, but he was appealing to other parties to assist in continuing with the ongoing development projects.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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