A parliamentarian with the United National Party has reportedly received death threats over his involvement in the constitutional reform process, as the party called for “maximum devolution of powers within a united Sri Lanka”.
Jayampathy Wickremaratna said that he received death threats over the phone and his since lodged complaints with the police.
The incident comes as the UNP working committee met on Thursday, with Colombo Gazette reporting that it had called for “maximum devolution”. Economy Next reported that whilst the party had called for “greater devolution of power”, there were no further details on what that system would amount to.
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