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Govt. to introduce amendments to 20A: AG

29 Sep 2020

Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera yesterday (29) informed the Supreme Court that the Government has decided to add several amendments to the draft of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution during the committee stage in Parliament. He informed this when the petitions challenging the draft bill of the 20th Amendment, which was tabled in Parliament by the Government, were taken up for consideration before a five-member Supreme Court judge bench last morning. Several of these amendments that are to be made at the committee stage have already been submitted to the court through a motion, the Attorney General (AG) notified the judge bench. The attorneys representing the petitioners then sought the Supreme Court to provide them with the relevant document containing the amendments. Accordingly, the judge bench chaired by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya instructed the AG to hand over copies of the said document to the petitioners. Four other Supreme Court justices, namely Buwaneka Aluwihare, Sisira de Abrew, Priyantha Jayawardena, and Vijith Malalgoda, are sitting for the hearing to consider the petitions along with the Chief Justice. Thirty-nine petitions in total had been filed against the draft of the 20th Amendment so far. Citing the AG as the respondent, the petitions were put forward by Election Commission (EC) member Prof. Ratnajeevan Hoole, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene, SJB Youth Wing Chairman Mayantha Dissanayake, Attorney-at-Law P. Liyanaarachchi of the Sirilaka Janatha Peramuna, Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), former Governor and Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) Executive Director Ranjith Keerthi Tennakoon, human rights activist Abdul Zanoon, and many others.

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