Sri Lanka's parliament is set to move a resolution in January which would convert the house into a constitutional assembly paving the way for the process of drafting a new constitution and abolishing the executive presidential system.
Officials said the constitutional assembly would be formed on January 9, the first day of President Maithripala Sirisena's second year in office.
The proposed assembly would seek the views and advice of the people on the new constitution that will replace the current one and the government has pledged that it will address the Tamil political question.