Apropos ‘TNA, SLPP rebels battle for remaining CC slot’ published on page 1 of Dec 15 edition of The Island, SLPP National List MP Gevindu Cumaratunga has sent us the following statement: “Having refrained from voting at the vote on 21stAmendment to the Constitution in late October this year as it didn’t serve any purpose, TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran now wants to nominate a member for the Constitutional Council. At the meeting chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena in Committee Room 1 of Parliament on Dec 08 referred to inThe Island report, on behalf of Uththara Lanka Sabhagaya, I questioned the objectivity of MP Sumanthiran’s move.”
