Speaker Reveals New Petitions Filed Against 22A

COLOMBO (News 1st); The proposed 22nd Constitutional Amendment continues to draw legal and political attention, with Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne informing Parliament today that additional petitions challenging the Bill have been filed before the Supreme Court.

The Speaker said that, in addition to the three petitions previously announced on August 19, four more petition copies relating to the proposed 22nd Constitutional Amendment Bill had been received by him in terms of Article 121(1) of the Constitution.