Constitutional meeting postponed

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 26 July 2000, 15:45 GMT]
The talks on the proposed constitutional reforms scheduled to be held Thursday between the delegations of the ruling Peoples Alliance and the United National Party has been put off until the return of President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge who is in London at present, government sources said.

A decision to hold further talks with the United National Party on constitutional reforms will be taken on the return of President Chandrika, sources said.

Meanwhile two sub-committees comprising members of ruling Peoples' Alliance and United National Party met on Tuesday and discussed some issues regarding the proposed constitutional reforms, political sources said.