Party MP Sunil Handunnetti made the allegation during a parliamentary debate yesterday (31) on the interim reform of the steering committee of the Constitutional Assembly.
He said his party disagreed with some of the content in the report,
but warned that getting racism to affect the dialogue on the constitution would send the wrong signal to the future.
The country needs a populist constitution, as the existing one is no such one and was the cause for a 30 year war, said Handunnetti.
A constitution, a democratic document, aims to resolve problems and if the one we are having is a good one, this debate would not have taken place, he said.
Bandula threw a bomb at himself
The JVP MP said he was sorry to find Bandula Gunawardena, head of the constitutional steering committee on finance, was not allowed by the joint opposition to speak at the debate.
In their own language, Gunawardena has thrown a bomb at himself, he added.
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