Joint Cabinet adopts 19A

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The Cabinet yesterday decided to adopt the 19th Amendment to the constitution without amendments. With this new development, the President would be the Head of State and the head of the Security Forces. The Cabinet also adopted the provisions of the 17th Amendment to the constitution which includes the setting up of independent commissions. With this decision, the Elections Commission, the independent Police Commission, the Public Services Commission and the Constitutional Council will be set up as part of the process to reduce the powers of the Executive. The Cabinet agreed that the Executive Presidency should come to an end with the end of President Sirisena’s first term. After the President’s first term, the Presidency will be more or less a ceremonial figurehead as in India and several other Western countries

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