Speaker signs 21st Amendment to the Constitution

 

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (31) endorsed the certificate on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill passed by a special majority in Parliament recently. 

The twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution Bill was presented to the Parliament on August 10, 2022 by Minister Dr. Wijedasa Rajapaksa. Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, who was appointed the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs & Constitutional Reforms, later presented a government Bill to the Cabinet of Ministers in his ministerial capacity, which was referred to as the 22nd amendment. 

The two-day parliamentary debate on the second reading of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill commenced on October 20. The second reading of the bill was passed in parliament by a majority of 178 votes.