20A draft, a policy decision of all SLPP constituent parties - Susil | Daily News

20A draft, a policy decision of all SLPP constituent parties - Susil

The draft 20th Amendment to the Constitution is a policy decision of all parties which contested under the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, said Education Reforms, Promotion of Open Universities and Distance Learning State Minister Susil Premajayantha.

He opined that this Constitutional draft has not gone beyond the powers of the basic structure of the 1978 Constitution and there is a possibility to make addition or omission to this draft, if they require. Premajayantha was speaking to the media after a meeting held at the Teacher Education Development Centre in Kandy yesterday. He said this Draft Constitutional Amendment can be debated in parliament and any member or party in the legislature can propose an amendment at the Committee Stage, after the Supreme Court determination with regard to the petitions filed against the 20th Amendment is made known.

He said that the 20th Amendment to the Constitution will be adopted in parliament