13th Amendment to the Constitution (Devolution of Power) and positions of the Political Parties
Sri Lanka Brief Position Paper/July 2013
The Background-Friday, July 12, 2013
The provincial council (PC) system in Sri Lanka was established as a result the Indo-Lanka Accord concluded between Sri Lanka and India on July 29, 1987. The 13th Amendment and the provincial council system were conceived as a political solution to the ethnic conflict. Under the amendment Northern and Eastern Provinces were amalgamated. The PC system was the crux of the Accord. On 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the Sri Lankan constitution of 1978 and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987, establishing provincial councils. Nine provincial councils were created by order on 3 February 1988.
