Constitutional council through but ……

(Lanka-e-News -10.Sep.2015, 4.00PM)  During the general elections  it was   announced , a new country will come into being in 60 months. It was also  announced a new cabinet will be formed in 60 months. Having made those announcements , did this government fool the people by taking over  3 weeks to announce the cabinet ? In any case,  this delayed appointment of cabinet notwithstanding , the government is taking action to create the  constitutional council , and under the 19 th amendment , an independent commission is to be appointed  expeditiously.

Accordingly , representatives  to the constitutional council except the three civil representatives were appointed to the constitutional council officially – they are the prime minister (P.M.) , speaker and the opposition leader.

Thereafter , Patalie Champika Ranawake as  president’s representative ,  Dr. Wijedasa Rajapakse as P.M.’s representative and Vijitha Herath as opposition  representative of the minority parties  were named.

Under the 100 days interim government earlier  , A.T. Ariyaratne , Ms. Radhika Kumaraswamy and W.A. Salam (retired  judge) were appointed as civil representatives , but this time Salaam has suddenly begun vacillating  and his official consent has not been received yet , it is learnt. 

No matter what  , this issue is to be resolved by tomorrow ,and it is the need of  the government to ensure that  the constitutional council comes into existence tomorrow so that the independent commission  will immediately become active.

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by     (2015-09-10 10:38:17)