‘JO to take legal action against Amaraweera’ | Daily News

‘JO to take legal action against Amaraweera’

The Joint Opposition (JO) had decided to take legal action against United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Secretary and Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, for sharing his opinion regarding the Opposition Leader’s post in a letter to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, Parliamentarian C. B. Ratnayaka said.

He was addressing a media briefing in Colombo, yesterday.

He said the UPFA Executive Committee had not been convened for over a year and asked as to how the UPFA General Secretary had arrived at a decision over the position.

Ratnayaka said that JO Leader Dinesh Gunawardana and MP Susil Premajayantha also represented the executive committee, but they had not been consulted over matters concerning the Opposition Leader’s post.He said it was only the minister’s personal opinion as other executive committee members had not been consulted.


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