Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ruled that the bill seeking the 22nd amendment to the Constitution can be adopted with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and some clauses requiring a nationwide referendum, the Parliament Speaker announced on Tuesday.
...Sri Lanka’s 22nd constitutional amendment gets court’s clearance
The draft bill on the 22nd amendment, aimed at empowering Parliament over the executive president, was approved by the country’s Cabinet and gazetted last month.