The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party filed a petition at Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court rejecting the proposed 19th Amendment to the constitution, which looks to devolve executive presidential powers to Sri Lankan parliament.
Arguing that Maithripala had stated that no constitutional change or amendment could be made without a referendum, the JHU National organiser, Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe, said,
“The latest amendment has proposed to make the Prime Minister the Head of the Government without a referendum. The people elected President Maithripala Sirisena with a mandate to curb arbitrary powers of the Presidency and not to make the Prime Minister the Head of Government, which would call for a referendum.”
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Arguing that Maithripala had stated that no constitutional change or amendment could be made without a referendum, the JHU National organiser, Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe, said,
“The latest amendment has proposed to make the Prime Minister the Head of the Government without a referendum. The people elected President Maithripala Sirisena with a mandate to curb arbitrary powers of the Presidency and not to make the Prime Minister the Head of Government, which would call for a referendum.”
Govt ally rejects 19A as 'constitutional coup' (24 March 2015)
Stop focusing on Tamils - Sri Lankan minister to India (11 March 2015)
Tamil refugees should stay in India - JHU (27 Feb 2015)
Resolution calling for prosecutions is ‘huge blow to national unity’ – JHU (13 Feb 2015)