Special statement from the Prime Minister on rescinding 20A (VIDEO)

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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has made a special statement in Parliament today (19).

He has said that political and social stability is very important in finding a solution to the country’s economic crisis and that he believes that a constitutional amendment should be made as a quick and practical step.

Accordingly, as a first step, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution should be democratically re-enforced with the necessary and timely amendments, he said.

He also said that a comprehensive new constitution should be drafted and that he hoped that the people in Parliament would support it, regardless of party affiliation.

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