He told a news conference that the country had plunged into a serious crisis and requested the President to restore democracy in the country by convening Parliament immediately.
“President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa were acting against the Constitution disregarding Parliament. We consider this a political coup,” he said.
He said Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa was the legal expert behind this and said he was clever at twisting the law.
