The Hon. Ajith P. Perera
Ajith P. Perera asked the Prime Minister whether the Government accepts the need for a new Constitution and whether its policy document pledged to abolish the Executive Presidency and introduce a new Constitution expeditiously. He sought the proposed timeline, asked whether the drafting process would be an all-party initiative involving all parliamentary parties, and requested reasons for any lack of national prioritization of the constitutional reform process.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education:
¶ 02 (a) Will she inform this House— (i) whether she admits that Sri Lanka needs a new Constitution; (ii) whether a pledge has been made through the policy document named “A Thriving Nation - A Beautiful Life” that the Executive Presidency will be abolished and a new Constitution will be introduced expeditiously; (iii) if so, the timeline for introducing a new Constitution; (iv) whether she admits that the process of drafting the new Constitution should be an all-party initiative involving all political parties represented in Parliament; and (v) the reason for not prioritizing the process of introducing a new Constitution at the national level? (b) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Ajith P. Perera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 July 2025. No. 1754382585021621. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11081