Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan has told former External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris that misleading the Sinhalese people on the matter of the new Constitution was a ‘sin’.

Tweeting about the incident Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva said, ‘Sambandan told Prof G L Pieris misleading innocent Sinhalese people on #SriLanka constitution is a sin. Rauf, Rishard and I witnessed.’

He also shared a picture in which is seen the Opposition Leader leaning over to make a point with the former External Affairs Minister.

Former External Affairs Minister G. L. Pieris who now heads the ‘Podu Jana Peramuna’ has been vocal in his criticism of the new constitution.