Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had presented the ‘Super Ministry’ draft bill yesterday under a different title as Sri Lanka Sustainable Development bill, the Joint Opposition said.
As soon as the bill was presented Leader of the House, Higher Education and Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella said it would be taken up for debate on a future date and adjourned sittings.
Thereafter, several MPs of the Joint Opposition got up, protesting against the bill and the way the government had presented it. The Leader of the House however said: "Now the bill has been presented and the House has been adjourned and there is no point in shouting."
A JO MP, contacted for comment, said what had been presented was the Super Ministry bill and the JO would go all out to defeat it.
The preamble of the bill says that it aims to provide for the development and implementation of a national policy and strategy on sustainable development in Sri Lanka; for the setting up of a Sustainable Development Council and for matters connected to therewith or incidental thereto.
