Minister De Silva participating in the committee stage debate on budget 2015 under the expenditure heads of the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Management said that a 10-member bench of the Supreme Court had conveyed to the President that by virtue of powers vested on the President by the provisions of Section 31/3/A/1 of the Constitution, he could seek re-election.

Minister Silva said that the judgment had also said that there was no legal impediment to the President opting for a snap presidential election.

“The Supreme Court has delivered an excellent judgment,” the minister said. (Special Reporter/HC)