Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Discussion Paper on Constitutional Reform


LEN logo(Lanka-e-News- 08.Feb.2015, 11.55PM) 
The following are the main proposals for constitutional reform under discussion.
President
The President will be the Head of State, the Head of the Executive and the Commander in Chief of the armed forces. The President shall always, except in the case of the appointment of the Prime Minister or as otherwise required by the Constitution, act on the advice of the Prime Minister or of such other Minister as has been authorized by the Prime Minister. The President may require the Prime Minister and such Minister to reconsider advice given to him and may require Parliament to reconsider a Bill presented to him for assent. He shall act on advice given after reconsideration and shall give assent to a Bill passed after reconsideration.