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Constitutional Amendments

Sri Lanka Parliament to meet again from September 06-09

Two Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bills and the Termination of Employment of Workmen Bill are to be passed.

September 3, 2022 2 min read

PC polls postponement partly due to Right-Wing pressure

Sri Lanka’s decision to indefinitely postpone Provincial Council (PC) elections controversially was made due to sustai...

December 30, 2020 4 min read

NPC proposes “enhanced” devolution in new Constitution

Sri Lanka’s system of devolved power provided by the Provincial Councils should be enhanced and activated to create a ...

December 29, 2020 3 min read

Sarath Weerasekara likely new Cabinet Minister for Public Security

Sri Lanka’s President is expanding his Cabinet of Ministers by creating two new portfolios that of Public Security and...

November 23, 2020 2 min read
China interested investing in Sri Lanka’s North, East; 13A allows India in Trinco

Sri Lanka has been looking for large foreign investments to come out of an unprecedented economic crisis

Nehru: The Advaita of Nonviolent Revolution

Gandhi’s secular collaborator sees transformational energy in age-old hindu metaphysics

Opinion: Political pressure to revise 20th amendment remains alive

With some government Parliamentarians finding the courage to oppose the 20th Amendment to the Constitution alongside opp...

Dr. Jehan Perera - Executive Director National Peace Council
October 13, 2020 6 min read

“20th Amendment will deal a death blow to democracy” – Amarapura and Ramanna Monks

A section of Sri Lanka’s powerful Buddhist clergy is opposing a Constitutional Amendment proposed by the government of...

October 12, 2020 2 min read

“Leaked” Supreme Court determination on 20A “disappointing,” say lawyers

In an unprecedented event a document purporting to be the determination of the Supreme Court on the proposed 20th Amendm...

Arjuna Ranawana
October 10, 2020 3 min read

Government MPs want Riyaj Bathiudeen re-arrested over Easter Bombings

More than two-thirds of the country’s governing party Parliamentary Group has signed a letter addressed to the Preside...

October 10, 2020 3 min read

MR says PM’s and President’s offices will be audited after 20A but Auditors’ Union disagrees

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is saying that the offices of the President and the Prime Minister will continue to be ...

Imesh Ranasinghe
October 5, 2020 3 min read

Challenging the 20A: All submissions to Supreme Court end tomorrow

The Supreme Court will close submissions from all parties challenging or supporting the controversial proposed 20th Amen...

Arjuna Ranawana
October 1, 2020 3 min read
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Sajith calls for National effort to save the country’s economy

Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa is calling on all political parties to shed their differences and come togethe...

September 30, 2020 2 min read

20A will create a President who is not accountable to anyone - Karu Jayasuriya

Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is saying that the 20th Amendment to the constitution would make the President a ruler wh...

Imesh Ranasinghe
September 29, 2020 3 min read

NPP taking the struggle against the 20th Amendment to the people – Dr Amarasuriya

The National People’s Power believes resistance to the proposed 20th Amendment cannot be limited to a court challenge,...

September 29, 2020 2 min read

Unprecedented 39 petitions challenge 20th Amendment before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court this morning September 29, will begin proceedings to hear Fundamental Rights applications filed by an ...

Arjuna Ranawana
September 29, 2020 3 min read
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20th Amendment is necessary for National Security – Prof GL

The government is introducing the 20th Amendment to the Constitution to ensure that a situation such as the security lap...

September 28, 2020 2 min read

The 20A: A Very Wrong Approach to Constitution-Making - Uyangoda

Eminent Emeritus Professor of Political Science Jayadeva Uyangoda writes that the proposed 20th Amendment has several ma...

Prof Jayadeva Uyangoda
September 28, 2020 6 min read

Opinion: Reform the proposed 20th Amendment to strengthen, not weaken, transparency

Following parliamentary elections, President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa wasted no time in obtaining cabinet approval and therea...

Shreen Saroor - Human Rights Activist
September 27, 2020 5 min read

20 Amendment - the Government determined to stay the course – senior officials

The government is determined to follow procedure and not make any changes to the 20th Amendment to the Constitution befo...

September 23, 2020 2 min read

Two more petitions to be filed against 20A by CPA and SJB

The Main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) and the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) are to file Fundamental Ri...

September 23, 2020 2 min read

Tabling the 20th Amendment “a dark day for democracy” - Sajith

Opposition Parliamentarians staged a protest in the Well of the House today when the government tabled the proposed 20th...

September 22, 2020 2 min read

20th Amendment to the Constitution tabled in Parliament amid uproar

he 20th Amendment to the Constitution which proposes to takes away power from Parliament and vest them with the Presiden...

September 22, 2020 1 min read

Opinion: Strong Government must be disciplined and deliver development

The extreme nature of the proposed 20th Amendment, tabled in Parliament today, which has been the cause of much disquiet...

Jehan Perera
September 22, 2020 6 min read

20th Amendment: End to Sri Lanka’s Democracy: Shouldn’t it be Resisted? - Uyangoda

Renowned Political Scientist Professor Emeritus Jayadeva Uyangoda finds the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution ...

Prof Jayadeva Uyangoda
September 20, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka’s Media freedom will be threatened by proposed 20th Amendment - FMM

The Free Media Movement (FMM) is expressing deep concern about the impending threat to the freedom of expression by the ...

September 17, 2020 2 min read