SJB suggests govt use constitutional proposals finalised during yahapalana rule
By Saman Indrajith The Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) yesterday (15) said that the government was bound by a national responsibility to introduce a Constitution acceptable to all communities in the country. Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella, addressing the media at the Opposition Leader’s Office, Colombo, said that only the Soulbury Constitution had been able to ensure the contribution of the minority and minor parties to constitution making. “When the country was set to be granted independence, Lord Soulbury came to Sri Lanka in 1946 and announced that h...