Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (31) endorsed the certificate on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill which was passed by a special majority in Parliament recently.
The Parliament of Sri Lanka said following the endorsement by the Speaker, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill will come into force as the 21st Amendment to the Constitution from today.
The twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution Bill was presented to the Parliament on August 10, 2022, by Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.
According to the Supreme Court’s determination related to the petitions against the bill, amendments were made at the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Judicial Affairs and approval was obtained.
The debate on the second reading of the twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution Bill was held in Parliament on the 20th and 21st of October.
At the end of the second reading, 179 MPs voted in favor and 1 voted against the Bill.
Thereafter, in the voting held for the third reading of the bill, 174 votes were in favor and one vote was against.
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