Drafting of new Constitution;Panel to meet political parties No decision on 13th Amendment

By Easwaran Rutnam  

A panel of experts appointed to draft a new Constitution is to meet political parties represented in Parliament to discuss their proposals.   

Cabinet Co-spokesman Udaya Gammanpila said that different views had been expressed to the panel on the new Constitution.   

He said that the panel had made “great progress” and it had been given one year to complete the process.   
Gammanpila said the panel will now meet members of the Government and Opposition to discuss their proposals.   
Speaking to reporters during an on-line, post cabinet, press briefing yesterday (Tuesday), Gammanpila said that the Cabinet had different views on the 13th Amendment and other aspects of the current Constitution.   
“The government is a coalition of 15 political parties in Parliament and those not in Parliament. So there are diverse views. That’s how it should be,” he said. 

 
Asked if the Cabinet had discussed the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution following the recent visit to Sri Lanka by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, the Cabinet Co-spokesman said that there had been no discussion.