Friday, April 10, 2015

Parliamentary Group Of Sri Lanka Freedom Party To Make 20th Amendment Which Includes Electoral Reforms

The Parliament Group belong to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP)  which is a party attach to the main opposition United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) has now decided to make a 20th Amendment that  includes the new electoral reforms and presented to the Parliament instead of requesting government to add electoral reforms to the 19th Amendment which was already due to be presented to the Parliament on 20th of April.

The Parliamentary Group of SLFP which met yesterday had appointed a special committee headed by MP, Professor G.L Pieris  to examine the proposed 19th Amendment which was already approved by the Supreme Court .

MP's Anura Priyadarshana Yapa,S.B Disanayake ,Dilan Perera and Susil Premjayantha are the other members of this committee.The Committee is due to meet the MP' S of the governing United National Party before making the final draft of the 19th Amendment SLFP has said.Also the SLFP Parliamentary Group has decided to go for the general elections after passing of the 20th Amendment.

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