A Constitution for the People or for our
"Rulers"?
by Dr A.C.Visvalingam-January 4, 2016, 12:53 am
President, CIMOGG
The government is planning to have a fresh Constitution for Sri Lanka and has indicated that the current crop of 225 MPs will function as the members of the Constitutional Assembly (CA). It was announced some weeks ago that the government’s proposals would be revealed on 9 January 2016 and that citizens and interested organizations would be allowed six weeks to study these proposals and call for whatever changes they deem desirable. Subsequently, it has been reported that the Prime Minister has obtained Cabinet approval for a 24-member Committee (of persons selected by him, with a pre-named Chairman) "to obtain proposals for a new Constitution from political parties and the general public". 