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Interim Report of Steering Committee to formulate new Constitution submitted
The Interim Report of the Steering Committee that was appointed to formulate new Constitution was submitted by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe to the Constitutional Assembly today.
The Constitutional Assembly established by Parliamentary Resolution of 09th March 2016 unanimously appointed a Steering Committee. The Steering Committee identified 12 main subject areas and assigned six of those subjects to Sub-Committees appointed by the Constitutional Assembly.
The Reports of the said six Sub Committees and another report by an ad-hoc Committee appointed by the Steering Committee were tabled before the Constitutional Assembly on 19th November and 10th December 2016 respectively.
This Interim Report of the Steering Committee deals with the remaining six subjects that were not assigned to any Sub-Committee and contains principles and formulations that reflect the deliberations of the Steering Committee of the
Constitutional Assembly that met 73 times between April 2016 and September 2017.
Included in this Interim Report are observations and comments by Members of the Steering Committee on the principles and formulations contained in the Report.
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