The president agrees to amend the anti-terrorism bill and re-gazette it

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has discussed the anti-terrorist bill with the representatives of the Tamil political parties in Parliament and agreed to amend the provisions therein accordingly to give it a more democratic outlook. The drafting committee was scheduled to meet today and re-gazette the bill with amendments.

Meanwhile, the US ambassador also had a meeting with the representatives of Tamil parties and discussed issues relating to land and other matters.