Yes, the clear statements of reasons why the UNP cannot accept our proposals have come from Dr. Stanely Kalpage. I gave an interview to the same newspaper replying to his arguments point by point. In that interview given by Dr. Kalpage there are serious misconceptions of facts. For example Dr. Kalpage says the devolution proposals cannot be accepted by the UNP because airports and harbours should be part of the reserved list, in other words the government should be responsible for those matters. That is factually wrong because the reserved list refers to airports and harbours and ports catering to international navigation.
All airports come within the purview of the centre.
He also says the provisions with regard to the Judiciary are unacceptable as there should be only one Court of Appeal. In fact there is only one court of appeal. He also says that the UNP is totally against the merger of the north and east. The government has not proposed a merger. On the contrary we have said that a total merger is not acceptable and our solution will consist of redemarcation of boundaries.