Sri Lanka, Dec. 13 -- The government has decided to review the Millennium Challenge Corporation agreement, which was to be signed between the former government and the United States, Attorney General Dappula de Livera has informed the Supreme Court today. Speaking on behalf of the Attorney General, Deputy Solicitor General Farzana Jameel further informed the judge bench of the government's decision not take any steps to reach the agreement until the review is completed.
The Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed against the signing of the MCC Agreement, seeking an order declaring that the decision taken by the previous government to ink this deal is in violation of the Constitution, were called before the five-judge bench of the Supreme C...