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SL govt to move minor amendments to 20A at Committee Stage
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IANS | 30 Sep, 2020
The amendments the Sri Lankan government intends to move to the
Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (20A) Bill at its Committee
Stage will include increasing the period that must elapse before the
President may use his powers to dissolve Parliament to two-and-a-half
years, while in the draft 20A Bill, the President could dissolve
Parliament after a year.
Another amendment will be to increase
the members of the Election Commission from three to five, and to make
one of its members a retired officer of the Department of Elections or
Election Commission, who has held office as a Deputy Commissioner of
Elections or above, reported ft.lk
The other members will be
those who have distinguished themselves in any profession or in the
fields of administration or education.
The clause dealing with
the appointment of the Auditor-General is to be amended, so as to make
the appointee a qualified Auditor, and also to bring the Office of the
Secretary to the President and the Office of the Secretary to the Prime
Minister under the oversight of the Auditor-General. These two were
excluded from the 20A draft Bill.
A new section will be added to
Clause 57 to make "All applications instituted under Article 126 against
the Attorney-General in respect of anything done or omitted to be done
by the President in his official capacity and ending on the day
immediately preceding the date of commencement of their Act shall be
continued and disposed of accordingly."
The Article on the powers
and functions of the President will also be amended to include the
words, "To ensure the creation of proper conditions for the conduct of
free and fair elections, at the request of the Election Commission."
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