Monday, November 6, 2017

‘President must be elected by Parliament’

No issue with President’s APC as long as it does not undermine P’ment’s constitution making process
Ready for the next step of drafting new Constitution
We, in the United Left Front, propose the Constitution to be enacted enabling the President to be elected by Parliament
Our party agrees to elect President Sirisena for a second term in that context
It’s widely agreed upon that the foremost place should be given to Buddhism
There is wide agreement that devolution should
take place
Not sharing power at the centre in Spain is the problem involving Catalonia at present
It’s unfortunate that the President’s party is opposed to abolishing the Executive Presidency
Sharing power at the centre is very important

2017-11-07

Government MP Jayampathi Wickramaratne, who is playing a pivotal role in constitution making, shares his thoughts on the current status of the process and plans for the future. Following are excerpts of the interview done with MP Wickremaratne.