INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The 22nd Amendment Bill to the Constitution will not be taken up for debate today (Oct
06), Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena informed the House.Accordingly, the Amendment Bill will be debated at the next
parliamentary session, he said further.The decision was reached at the meeting of political party leaders held earlier today.A two-day
debate had been scheduled for the Amendment Bill on October 06 from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm
and October 07 from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm.The 22nd Amendment Bill to the Constitution was approved for its Second Reading at the Ministerial
Consultative Committee on Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms held on Oct
04.The meeting was headed by its chairman Dr
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms.Briefing those present in terms of the changes
intended by the Amendment, the minister stated that amendments were made under the Twenty Second Amendment to the Constitution going beyond
shall appoint the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka subject to the approval of the Constitutional Council
This was not incorporated in the Nineteenth Amendment, the minister stated.Furthermore, under the Nineteenth Amendment, the power for an
Executive President to hold Defence, Mahaweli and Environment portfolios has been limited to Defence under the Twenty Second Amendment.
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