The 20th Amendment Bill Lest We Forget

• SLFP leader Sirimavo Bandaranaike had warned the Executive Presidency would lead to dictatorship
• in the 37 years an Executive President had reigned, the country was torn apart and its people brutalized

The 20th Amendment does not address any of the deficiencies of the 19th Amendment, but instead only seeks to restore President J. R. Jayewardene’s1978 Constitution, eminent lawyer Dr. Nihal Jayawickrama has said in an article published on page 6 in today’s  . 

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