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President Gotbaya Rajapaksa - right - swears in his brother and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister (photo credit: Reuters)

Voices From The Field

8 September

The Return of Sri Lanka’s Imperial Presidency: The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Bill

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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, President Maithripala Sirisena, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickermesinghe (photo credit: BBC)

Voices From The Field

29 January 2019

Sri Lanka’s (un)ending road to a new Constitution: Technical progress, political collapse

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Annual Review of Constitution-Building Processes: 2017

Analysis

Annual Review of Constitution-Building Processes: 2017

by external source

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Map chart showing the list of countries covered in the 2017 Voices from the Field series

Voices From The Field

14 December 2017

Constitution building in 2017 through the lens of ConstitutionNet’s Voices from the Field

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The Sri Lankan Flag (photo credit: Pixabay)

Voices From The Field

30 October 2017

The Interim Report on reforming the Sri Lankan Constitution

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Flag of Sri Lanka (photo credit: Nishan/Flickr)

Voices From The Field

29 August 2017

More than meets the eye? The Sri Lankan Supreme Court’s decision on the proscription of the Federal Party

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Photo credit: The Himalayan Times

Voices From The Field

19 July 2016

Sri Lanka’s search for constitutional consensus amid social and political divisions

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2010 election in Sri Lanka (photo credit: Commonwealth Secretariat/flickr)

News

12 November

In Sri Lanka, election commission's term ends

Electoral Issues Asia Sri Lanka

Flag of Sri Lanka (photo credit: Scott Edmunds/flickr)

News

12 October

Sri Lankan supreme court rules four clauses of proposed 20th amendment will require referendum to approve

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Colombo, Sri Lanka (photo credit: ILO Asia-Pacific/flickr)

News

28 September

Controversial proposed amendment will move forward in Sri Lanka after court determines constitutionality

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