Ashok Abeysinghe, member of Parliament of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya Party, is reported to have said that he plans to go to court against the new Anti-Terrorism Act, which is to be amended and resubmitted to Parliament, and that he will protest against it no matter how this Act is amended.
The MP who further commented,
“When the Anti-Terrorism Act was presented to the Parliament, several parties went to the court and said that the Anti-Terrorism Act was not suitable. Also, many international organizations said this. After that, it was revised once again and it was not presented to the Parliament but it was gazetted. Days after it was presented to the Parliament. There are fourteen to go to the Supreme Court, however we have not yet received the amended bill
Even if it is amended, we are protesting against it. Hope to go to court. “
