Parliamentary debate on draft of 22A scheduled for October

 

Accordingly, the time for debating the government business, scheduled to end at 4.30 p.m., will be extended until 5.00 p.m. The debate on the 22nd Constitution Amendment Bill is scheduled to be held on October 06 and 07. 

The Secretary General also said that the debate on the 22nd Constitution Amendment Bill is scheduled to be held on October 07 from 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. It was later published in the government gazette and challenged in the Supreme Court. Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, who was appointed the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs & Constitutional Reforms, later presented a government Bill to the Cabinet of Ministers in his ministerial capacity, which is referred to as the 22nd amendment. 

In such a backdrop, the Cabinet of Ministers gave the approval to publish the 22nd amendment presented by the Justice Minister in the government gazette. Consequently, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, to publish the 22nd constitutional amendment Bill in the Government Gazette and thereafter present the same in Parliament for approval. The draft of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was challenged in the Supreme Court in terms of Article 120(1) (1) of the Constitution.