New Government led by President Gotabya Rajapaksa wielding unprecedented power gained from 20A began the preparing of a new constitution for the country embroiled in Covd-19 and economic hard ships.
The acceptance of public proposals for the proposed new constitution has commenced, the justice ministry has said.
Justice Secretary MPK Mayadunne said the public can put forward their proposals for the new constitution, to a special committee tasked with the exercise until November30..
Accordingly, proposals can be sent via post to Room No. 32, Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, and Colombo 07.The public can also send their opinions via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
According to Minister Udaya Gammanpila the government’s process to the new Sri Lankan Constitution will be a two-step process,
The first step of enacting the 20th Amendment has been taken to correct “anomalies” in the current Constitution and the second will be drafting of a completely new Constitution, he said.
The drafting of a new basic law has been handed over to a nine-member committee headed by President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva.
The other members of the Committee are Gamini Marapana PC, Manohara de Silva PC, Professor G L Peiris, Professor Naazima Kamardeen, Senior-Lecturer A Sarweswaran, Saman Ratwatte PC, Sanjeewa Jayawardhana PC and Professor Wasantha Seneviratne.
(LIN)