Premier presents 62-page constitutional amendment, but deadlock over deadline
President Maithripala Sirisena, Chair in Office of the Commonwealth, meeting the Head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II, during a private audience at Buckingham Palace, in London.
Ministers Senaratne and Ranawaka express reservations; special Cabinet meeting today to settle disputes -- SLFP insists on constitutional changes and electoral reforms together; UNP's call for April 23 dissolution unlikely to be met
A new crisis within the rainbow coalition, just 66 days old, deepened this week. At issue is a 62-page draft Bill titled the 19th Amendment to the Constitution presented at Thursday’s meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
