Dinesh blasts Cabinet nominees to CC

Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) leader Dinesh Gunawardane yesterday claimed that 

the appointment of those with Cabinet portfolios to the Constitutional Council was against the principles of good governance. 

Gunawardane has said there was agreement during the last Parliament to appoint MPs without Cabinet posts to the CC. He said the President, and the Prime Minister had appointed Cabinet Ministers as their nominees. He said the presence of Cabinet ministers in the CC would result in conflict of interests. He said he had urged the Prime Minister to reconsider it.