Crossovers: JVP wants SC judgment reversed
Crossovers: JVP wants SC judgment reversed
BY Ruwan Laknath Jayakody-2015-01-19
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said that the law needs to be strengthened to allow for crossovers to lose their seats in Parliament.
JVP MP Sunil Handunneththi stated that in light of bringing in proposed Constitutional amendments, the law pertaining to crossovers should be brought back reversing the Supreme Court judgment, deeming expulsions to be invalid, thereby preventing those who crossover from challenging it in Courts.
JVP MP Sunil Handunneththi stated that in light of bringing in proposed Constitutional amendments, the law pertaining to crossovers should be brought back reversing the Supreme Court judgment, deeming expulsions to be invalid, thereby preventing those who crossover from challenging it in Courts.
"The law still states that crossovers lose their seats in the Parliament. In the case of Sarath Amunugama and Others v. Karu Jayasuriya, Chairman, United National Party and Others, in 2000, the Supreme Court held expulsions to be invalid on the grounds of procedural impropriety. In the Constitutional Amendments proposed we must implement this law so that even the Courts cannot have any jurisdiction in the matter," he added.
