Crafting of a constitution
15 January 2016
President’s Counsel and member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) majority group, who entered Parliament through the National List of the United National Party, Jayampathy Wickremeratne talks about the new Constitution and the ‘much-discussed process’ adopted by the Government in drafting it.
In an interview with the Daily FT, the constitutional expert says it is up to the people to accept or reject the new constitution which will be drafted by all members of Parliament as a committee of the whole House.
“All proceedings will be open. It will be very transparent and every word will be going to the Hansard. Once we have a consensus document, the process ends there. Thereafter the Cabinet takes over and certifies this as a bill requiring a two-thirds majority and a referendum. Then the usual procedure is followed. Finally it will be approved by the people through a referendum,” he points out.
15 January 2016
President’s Counsel and member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) majority group, who entered Parliament through the National List of the United National Party, Jayampathy Wickremeratne talks about the new Constitution and the ‘much-discussed process’ adopted by the Government in drafting it. In an interview with the Daily FT, the constitutional expert says it is up to the people to accept or reject the new constitution which will be drafted by all members of Parliament as a committee of the whole House.
“All proceedings will be open. It will be very transparent and every word will be going to the Hansard. Once we have a consensus document, the process ends there. Thereafter the Cabinet takes over and certifies this as a bill requiring a two-thirds majority and a referendum. Then the usual procedure is followed. Finally it will be approved by the people through a referendum,” he points out.
