Sri Lanka's Attorney General informed the Supreme Court that the clauses in the Private Members' Bill that was presented to make amendments to the law to empower the subject minister to recall Local Government Institutions for a time period he desires, violates the constitution.
The private member's bill in question was put forward the SLPP MP Jayantha Ketagoda.
An Additional Solicitor General appearing for the Attorney General informed that if the bill is passed, it should be by way of a special majority in parliament, and by a public referendum.
27 petitions were filed with the Supreme Court seeking an order that the Private Member's Bill by MP Ketagoda violated the constitution.
The Additional Solicitor General made the announcement in court when these petitions were called up for examination on Monday (24).
At the same time, the petitions that were filed with the Supreme Court seeking a ruling that the people's fundamental rights were violated when the Local Government Elections were not held as planned on the 9th of March, were postponed to the 26th of July for consideration.
These petitions were filed by the Jathika Jana Balavegaya and the People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (Paffrel).
The petitions were to be examined in the presence of a five-judge bench led by Justice Buvaneka Aluvihare.
However, the consideration of these petitions was postponed as Justice Priyantha Jayawardena, a member of the bench, was attending a separate legal matter.
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