Sri Lanka's draft new constitution will be finalised this week when steering committee members meet on January 5th and 6th, said a member of the committee, Dr Jayampathy Wickramaratne.
"If consensus is reached during the two-day meeting, the report is expected to be presented to the Constitutional Assembly, made up of all MPs, which will meet on January 9, 10 and 11, to debate the draft," he was quoted by the SundayTimes.lk as saying.
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Redrafting the constitution has been opposed by sections of the Sinhala Buddhist clergy as well as the Sri Lankan diaspora.
