The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution presented to the Parliament by
the government which proposed establishing Independent Commissions and
banning Dual citizens to hold any positions in the government and enter
parliament ,has been passed with a majority of 178 votes today (21) .
During the vote 178 MP's had voted in favor of the Amendment and the MP Attached to the governing Sri Lanka Progressive Party Sarath Weerasekare had voted against it ,26 MP 's including former President and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe and leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) R,Sampanthan were absent during the vote .
Opposition
parties including the main opposition Samagijanabalawegaya(SJB) Party ,
leftist National Peoples League and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) had
voted in favor of the amendment ,
The debate on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was held yesterday (20) and today (21) ,Under the amendment, the President will be able to dissolve the Parliament after it completes a term of two and half years .
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