SLFP links electoral reforms to 19A

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The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), which decided to support the 19th Amendment sans the clauses that need approval at a referendum, has appointed a committee to explore how best to introduce electoral reforms through a 20th Amendment to be enacted simultaneously, party sources said today.

The party's parliamentary group met in the parliamentary complex yesterday under the Chairmanship of President Maithripala Sirisena.

The committee comprises parliamentarians G.L. Peiris, Susil Premajayantha, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Dilan Perera and Opposition Leader Nimal Siripala de Silva.

It will expedite the work on evolving electoral reforms. According to SLFP sources, the party is supportive of a mixed electoral system – First-Past-the-Post and Proportional Representation.

The party has right throughout insisted on the enactment of electoral reforms. (Kelum Bandara)

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