(Lanka-e-News -18.Nov.2016, 11.40PM) For the first time in Sri Lanka ‘s history the preliminary format of the new constitution which aims at achieving national reconciliation with the participation of all parties is to be tabled before the board of the Parliamentary constitution steering committee on the 19th .
To prepare this preliminary format , the steering committee will be appointing 6 sub committees. Those are : fundamental rights , judicial, law and order, State finance, State services, center and circumference relationship. The proposals are to be made within the limits of the constitution.
All these committees will have representation of all parties either as members or chairpersons. For example , sub committee relating to State finance will have Bandula Gunawardena of the UPFA as its chairman . Dinesh Gunawardena is the chairman of another committee .
The proposals made by these six committees will be presented to the constitution steering committee headed by the speaker on the 19 th. Thereafter , it will be presented to the constitution steering committee which comprises all 225 parliamentary members.
What is most significant here is , the proposals that are to be forwarded by all the six sub committees are what are passed unanimously.
In order to get the final ratification for the new constitution , a people’s referendum is scheduled to be held in mid 2017.
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