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20A to the Constitution: PM appoints committee

14 Sep 2020

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has taken steps to appoint a committee comprising parliamentary representatives to study the 20th Amendment to the Constitution. The committee comprising cabinet ministers, state ministers, and Members of Parliament (MPs) will be chaired by Minister of Education Prof. G.L. Peiris. Cabinet Ministers Udaya Gammanpila, Ali Sabry, Nimal Siripala de Silva, and Wimal Weerawansa and State Ministers Susil Premajayantha and S. Viyalendiran have been appointed to the committee. In addition, parliamentarians Dilan Perera and Premanath C. Dolawatte have been added as members of the committee. The report of the committee is scheduled to be handed over to the Premier on 15 September.


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