More party powers for CBK
The Constitution of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party is to be amended to confer sweeping powers on its leader.

The Central Committee of the party which met on Wednesday to endorse the candidatures of Mahinda Rajapakse for the Presidency and Anura Bandaranaike for the Premiership took this decision.

It decided that a Committee comprising Minister Mangala Samaraweera and a team of lawyers supportive of the party should finalise the draft amendments. It was Mr. Samaraweera who proposed the changes to the party constitution since President Kumaratunga is due to step down from the Presidency.
This is after the upcoming Presidential elections either in 2005 or 2006.
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