INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The 21st Amendment to the Constitution has received the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers today (20), according to Minister Harin
Fernando.In a twitter message, he said that draft constitutional amendment was tabled and passed by the Cabinet and that it will be tabled
in parliament soon.The Minister also expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Minister of Justice, Prison
Affairs and Constitutional Reforms Dr
Minister has said the Cabinet had not green-lighted the constitutional amendments as it was decided that further educating the political
party leaders in this regard was necessary.Thereby, several political party leaders were expected to be informed in detail with regard to
the 21st Amendment.He had said that the draft of the amendment will be gazetted after receiving the approval of the Cabinet.The 21st
Amendment was initially tabled in the Cabinet on June 06 by Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and the discussion on it had been adjourned until
last week.The 21st Amendment is expected to empower Parliament over the executive president and annul the 20A to the Constitution, which had
given unfetted unfettered powers to President after abolishing the 19th Amendment.Under the 21A, the President, the Cabinet of Ministers and
the National Council will be held accountable to the Parliament
today and will be tabled in @ParliamentLK soon
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