Supreme Court Has Requested Bar Association To Make Submissions On Whether There Are Any Impediment For president To Elect For The Third Term

The Supreme Court has referred two questions submitted by President Rajapakha to the Sri Lanka Bar Association regarding   whether there are any impediment for the President to elect for the third term.

In a letter addressed  to the Bar Association the Registrar of the Supreme Court Mrs.M,M Jayasekera has requested  the Association to be informed their members  to make their submissions regarding the said questions at the Supreme Court Registry before 3 p.m on 07th of November(Friday).


Earlier the President has submitted the two questions to the Supreme Court by asking
a) Whether he, in terms of article 31 (3A) (a) (1) of the Constitution, as amended in the 18th Amendment, I, as the incumbent President, serving my second term as President, have any impediment, after the expiration of four years from the date of commencement of his second term of office as President on 19th of November 2010, to declare by Proclamation his intention of appealing to the people for a mandate to hold office as President by election, for a further term, and

(b) Whether in terms of the provisions of the constitution, as amended by the 18th Amendment, I, as the incumbent President, serving my second term as President of office as President, and was functioning as such on the date 18th Amendment was enacted, has any impediment to be elected for a further term of office.