20th Constitution Amendment to Abolish Exec. Presidency by the JVP

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday (17) said that they would submit the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution, to abolish the Executive Presidency, at the commencement of the Second Session of the  Parliament on 8^th April 2018.

Originally JVP planned to submit this amendment on 19^th, but parliament was prorogued by the President on the 12^th April.

The JVP announced that it would meet all sides, including President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to hold discussions on the matter.

In the meantime , the Joint Opposition (JO) led by  the  former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, would support the JVP’s proposal to abolish the Executive Presidency provided that JVP  includes  an additional proposal in  the said motion that Parliament would be dissolved on the same day the proposal gets passed, said MP Bandula Gunawardana.