NJC flays SJB leader for his pledge to implement 13A fully

The National Joint Committee (NJC) has condemned SJB and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa's recent declaration in New Delhi that he would fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

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Lieutenant General Jagath Dias (Retd) and Dr. Anula Wijesundera Co-Presidents of the NJC issued the following statement: The NJC is “shocked, dismayed, disappointed and disgusted” over the recent statement made by the Hon Leader of the Opposition during a private visit to India where he has said that he endorses and would fully implement the controversial 13th Amendment ~ to the Sri Lanka Constitution when he is elected to power.

NJC views this undertaking with a sense of betrayal and lookdown of the nation and as highly uncalled for and unbesitting Member of Parliament representing the main opposition party.

The NJC views the 13th Amendment as obsolete as not only had the Indo-Lanka agreement been signed under duress but also India failed to honour their part of the agreement (to disarm the LTTE). As a result, the conflict dragged on for three decades and the thousands of Sri Lankan security forces personnel sacrificed of their lives, a vast number of Civilian Live's were also lost.