Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne announced the Supreme Court's determination on the Local Authorities Elections (Special Provisions) Bill that was challenged before the Court and heard before a three-judge bench.
Accordingly, two Judges constituting the majority of the bench had held that the Bill read as a whole and in particularly Clauses 2 and 3 is inconsistent with Article 12(1) of the Constitution and can be only passed with the special majority required under paragraph (2) of Article 84.
The remaining Judge of the bench had held that the Bill as a whole or any provision thereof is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution and may be enacted with a simple majority of Parliament.
A Parliamentary debate on the bill is due to be held from 2.00pm to 7.00pm on February 17.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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