What’s Happening With Constitutional Reforms?

What’s Happening With Constitutional Reforms?
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https://assets.roar.media/Life/2015/01/a> only spoke of amendments to the existing constitution. In the Parliamentary election that followed in August of that year, the UNP reiterated its promise of a brand new constitution in its own manifesto. Two years later, the two constituent parties...
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Does the Disqualification of Candidates Invalidate Nomination Papers?
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The recent Court of Appeal judgement on SLFP MP Geetha Kumarasinghe's disqualification from Parliament due to her dual citizenship has sparked a debate on whether the disqualification of candidates invalidates nomination papers. This briefing note discusses this issue and argues...
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Geetha’s disqualification does not invalidate nomination papers: Verité
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Verité Research argues that the disqualification of a candidate does not invalidate nomination papers due to two main reasons. Releasing a research note, the firm argues that a Returning Officer is not authorized under the Parliamentary Elections Act (PEA) to...
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Geetha Kumarasinghe’s disqualification does not invalidate nomination papers
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The Court of Appeal judgment in Buwenaka & Others vs. Geetha Kumarasinghe has sparked debate concerning the .....
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සර්ව පාක්ෂික නියෝජිත කමිටුව: ව්‍යවස්ථාමය සම්මුතියකට ප්‍රවේශයක්
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බලය බෙදාහැරීම පිළිබද දේශපාලනික සම්මුතියක් නියෝජනය කෙරෙන ව්‍යවස්ථා ප‍්‍රතිසංස්කරණ යෝජනාවලියක් සකස් කිරීම සදහා හිටපු ජනපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ විසින් 2006 ජූලි මාසයේ දී, සර්ව පාක්ෂික නියෝජිත කමිටුව කැදවන ලදී. මෙතෙක් ජාතික ගැටලුව සදහා සුදුසු පිළිතුරක් ලබා ගැනීමට නොහැකිව කෙළවර වුනු රාජ්‍ය...
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19th Amendment – The Wins, the Losses and the In-betweens
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This brief analyses some of the changes made to the original 19th Amendment Bill during deliberations at the Committee State in Parliament. It also assesses the final version of the Amendment in terms of its delivery on the people's expectations...
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President’s Executive Powers: Demystifying the 19A Bill Ruling
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"Can the President's executive powers be controlled through strengthening the Prime Minister's functions without a referendum?" - This question has generated much commentary and dominated many discussions after the recent Supreme Court Ruling on the 19th Amendment Bill. This brief...
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Parliament should have a formula for regulating cigarettes
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Variations in the tobacco excise tax affects Rs. 10s of billions in government revenue. Taxation and pricing has been inconsistent. The lack of a consistent method allows wide discretion to officials in determining the tax. Parliament should adopt a formula...
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