“The Presidential Secretariat informed us a little while ago that tomorrow’s (today’s) meeting has been postponed and that a new date and time will be notified soon.”The meeting was to primarily discuss ongoing constitutional reforms but had attracted much attention due to the divergent political views of the Government and the TNA. According to sources, the meeting was to be held at 4 p.m. and the main point that was to be considered at the meeting were constitutional reforms. Sumanthiran PC on 14 June said the meeting with the President was to discuss ways of taking forward the process of constitutional reform. This would have been President Rajapaksa’s first meeting with the TNA since he assumed office in November 2019. However, according to TNA sources who spoke to The Morning, the PLOTE and TELO still have taken such a decision.

Source: The Nation June 15, 2021 18:45 UTC