WEERASEKERA SOLE MP TO VOTE AGAINST 19A STANDS VINDICATED

The only lawmaker to vote against the 19th Amendment to the Constitution retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, yesterday, said that those who hailed the new law as panacea owed an explanation to the country.
Former Digamadulla District MP Weerasekera said so when The Island asked him as to why he voted against the 19th Amendment in spite of President Maithripala Sirisena personally appealing for unanimous support to pass it from the SLFP-led UPFA parliamentary grouping comprising nearly 150 members.
Former Navy Chief of Staff Weerasekera said that the 19th Amendment was enacted on April 28, 2015, during the much-touted 100-day yahapalana programme.