PMs former MPs meeting : SJB, JVP to boycott, UNP to attend

May 2, 2020 at 1:54 PM

Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) led by Former Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa will  lnot attend the former MPs meeting convened by the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, SJB said in a statement today.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa called all 225 members of the previous Parliament for a meeting on Monday at 10 am to discuss the current situation in the country.

“The practical course of action would be to reconvene Parliament under the former speaker,” SJB said in its statement.

JVP MPs have already announced that they will be boycotting the meeting on the 4th.

Meanwhile UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam confirmed that UNP MPs will participate in the meeting. Majority of the UNP MPs of the last parliament are with Samagi Jana Balavegaya.