Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a 24-member committee consisting of representatives from political parties and civil societies to seek public opinion on the proposed constitutional reforms, the government news portal reported.
The committee will be chaired by Attorney Lal Wijenayake and include President's Counsel Faizer Mustapha, Professor Gamini Samaranayake and Professor AM Navaratne Bandara and M.L.A. Cader, among others.
The Prime Minister's office said the PM has granted approval to the committee to seek public opinion and accordingly, the committee is expected to visit across the island and seek oral and written submissions from the public. A report on the public's opinion and recommendations will be handed to a Cabinet Sub Committee on Constitutional Reforms.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe will move a resolution in Parliament when it reconvenes after holidays on January 9 to convert the House into a Constitutional Assembly. The resolution will set in motion the process of making Sri Lanka's third Constitution in the place of the 1978 Constitution.
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