Weekend session of parliament to approve domestic debt restructuring

23 June 2023 07:40 pm Views - 3256

A special party leaders' meeting is to be held on Tuesday June 27 to decide on holding a special weekend session of Parliament on Saturday July 01 and Sunday July 02 to get Parliament’s approval for the domestic debt restructuring process, a spokesman from the Speaker's office said.

“The party leaders will meet on June 27 and the final decision on holding a special weekend session will be decided on that day,” the spokesman said.

It was reliably learnt that Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa had questioned the plan to hold a weekend session and has stressed that a final decision has to be made by the party leaders.

The Speaker has also stressed the importance of holding a party leaders' meeting next week.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, during his tour to the UK had stated that Sri Lanka will complete the debt restructuring by September this year. (Yohan Perera)