President on new laws to be introduced to rebuild country

 

President on new laws to be introduced to rebuild country President Ranil Wickramasinghe says that several new laws will be introduced to rebuild the country. 

The UNP leader said that in the most difficult of times, everyone placed their faith in the United National Party. The President said that country’s youth despise the current politics and that the opposition is restricted to just criticism. He stated that the government has presented the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution to the parliament and that they will proceed to get it passed. 

He stated that the special presidential commission and the power to pass unconstitutional laws need to be done away with. We should amend the constitution accordingly,” he said. The President also said that a new law will be introduced to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and that a truth commission will be established. “We are ready to do the main affairs of the country without politics,” he added.