He made the comment at a workshop organized by the joint opposition to discuss the government’s programme for a new constitution.
Dr. Jayatilleka presented a political road-map and strategy of the
ways and means of defeating the constitution in parliament or at a referendum, and how to escape the traps set by the government.
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Dayan’s siding with federalism
However, lankacnews website of Wimal Weerawansa, the leader of NFF which is with the JO, claims that Dr. Jayatilleka tried to introduce a new theory to persuade the JO to agree to federalism.
The website says Dr. Jayatilleka had indirectly supported federalism by asking that there should be a middle path.
When he proposed that in the event a referendum is held, instead of raising nationalism or unitary status of the country, new topics to attract the youths should be found, other participants objected to him.
The leader of a nationalist party said they have already taken to a middle path, of federalism, as described by Dr. Jayatilleka.
A young academic challenged Dr. Jayatilleka, saying his argument was completely incorrect, and that nationalism and the unitary status of the country should be foremost to win a referendum or any other election.
Dayan is doing what Malith Jayatileke did
He inquired from Dr. Jayatilleka if he was doing what Malith Jayatileke did at the presidential election, and got an answer in the affirmative.
That made the audience uneasy, with a majority asking if they were crazy to get brainwashed by him.
Malith Jayatileke who was part of the UPFA’s internal mechanism since November 2015, continued to give statistics and predict a defeat for Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Later, he sided with Maithripala Sirisena, and is presently a national list MP.
Dr. Jayatilleka has taken Malith Jayatileke to court over claims that the latter was a spy for India’s RAW.
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