JVP to file objections
August 31, 2010 12:00 pm
The JVP will file objections at the Supreme
Court today against the proposed 18th amendment to the constitution,
JVP media unit said in a statement. The Supreme Court is to take up the bill on
the government’s proposed constitutional amendments today.
The bill is to be taken up before a
five-member Supreme Court bench to determine if it is consistent with the
Constitution.
The JVP in their objection are scheduled to argue that due to elements contained within the amendment it cannot be passed through a Bill in parliament but only through a referendum.
