According to @adaderana only the term limits, RTI, 5 year term of Pres will remain. What does this mean?
- President to have immunity for all acts as President, including when the s/he violates the constitution. 1/
- Any bill Cabinet certifies as urgent has to be examined by the Supreme Court in 24 to see if its according to the constitution. After it becomes law no citizen can challenge it. This is how the 18 Amd was passed. So any gov can pass an entirely new constitution like this 2/
Just think about that, judges are not super human, how can they understand the implications of a law in such a short time? Also people living outside of Colombo won't have the chance to participate in court proceedings to assist court 3/
- No limits on the number of Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers & Deputy Ministers ... We can have Jumbo cabinets again.
- No constitutional council. Just 5 MPs to give observations which President can disregard & do what he wants 4/
The government said they will only remove the parts of the 19A which "would harm the people", how do any of these things they are getting rid of harm the ppl? Should people not have a say in the law making process? Why should the President be above the law? 5/
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