Cabinet approval to gazette 22nd Amendment and table in Parliament of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers have approved the proposal to gazette the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution and to present it to the Parliament.
The amendment, which had been referred to as the 21st Amendment so far, will in fact be the 22nd Amendment, as another draft 21st Amendment has already been gazetted.
Last week, the draft constitutional amendment was tabled and passed during the Cabinet meeting following extensive discussions.
The 22nd Amendment was initially tabled in the Cabinet on June 06 by Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and the discussion on it had been adjourned on multiple occasions due to failure to reach a consensus.
The Constitutional Amendment is expected to empower Parliament over the executive president and annul the 20A to the Constitution, which had given unfettered powers to the President after abolishing the 19th Amendment.
Under the 22A, the President, the Cabinet of Ministers and the National Council will be held accountable to the Parliament. Fifteen Committees and Oversight Committees are also accountable to Parliament.
The final draft of the amendment has yet to be published.
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