The Supreme Court by a majority vote has determined that the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution is inconsistent with several articles in the Constitution and would need approval by a two third in parliament s well as of the people in a referendum.
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya who announced the SC determination today said clauses 2,3 and 4 of the Bill us inconsistent with Articles 3,4 12 (1) and 14 (1) of the Constitution .
The amendment was intended to postpone Provincial Council elections and hold elections to all Councils on one day as well as vest with Parliament the powers of PC in the interim period.
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The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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