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Sri Lanka: First draft of constitution submitted to Parliamentary Steering Committee9 August
In Sri Lanka, the first legal draft for proposed new constitution has been submitted to Parliamentary steering committee for further discussions.
The committe…
Sri Lanka: Government to insert federal constitution to 20A: Gammanpila26 July
The government was trying to incorporate constitutional changes on Federal lines as an amendment to the 20th Amendment during the committee stage of the debate,…
Op-ed: The perils of semi-presidentialism in Sri Lanka: The collapse of cohabitation and the design of executive power1 May
The government of national unity, formed in 2015 promising major reforms in a new constitution, has now all but ended. Only a fragment of the promised reforms w…
Op-ed: In Sri Lanka, the unconstitutionality of the 'unity' government26 February
The fallout from the local government elections has led to many questions that need to be addressed by the nation and Parliament. They relate to the fate of the…
Sri Lanka Opposition Leader urges all parties to cooperate on adopting a new constitution5 February
Sri Lanka's Leader of Opposition and the leader of the main Tamil party, Tamil National alliance (TNA) R. Sampanthan says failure of the successive governments …
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