JVP on why it boycotted Ranil's briefing
The JVP which boycotted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's meeting with Opposition parties to brief them on the peace talks and the donor conference scheduled for Monday states that the party was not given a clear idea of the agenda.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday called for a meeting with party leaders in Parliament where he briefed them on the Oslo meeting before his departure.

However the JVP alleges that once it received the letter on Monday (18) requesting the party leader to be present in Parliament at 12 noon, it had inquired as to the purpose of the meeting to which the PM's Secretary had replied it was to discuss about the "talks". The party states that as it was not clear it had insisted on being told the purpose.

The JVP states it had inquired from party leaders the agenda of the meeting but no one was aware of it. "When the Government wants to discuss such important issues it should be more clear. We feel that the Prime Minister called the meeting in a very haphazard manner. The correct way should have been to inform the Opposition so that it can even form a group consisting of opposition leaders who can discuss among themselves and come to a decision. Instead we are asked to go and listen to the PM spelling out his plan," Parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa said.

The party further added that the meeting was called so that the Prime Minister could say that the Government received the fullest support from the Opposition.

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