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Lanka to end presidential system

Posted in S. Asia

Published on November 20, 2015 with 50 Comments

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has endorsed a proposal to end the executive presidential system, reversing a controversial decision by former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa that had restricted executive powers with the President.

The proposal – effective from 2020 when the current term of incumbent Maithripala Sirisena ends – was presented by the President himself. The new system will transfer more executive powers to the Prime Minister.

Sirisena, who succeeded Rajapaksa after the January polls, had pledged to abolish the presidential system in order to empower parliament.

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said a Cabinet sub committee has been appointed to make the necessary recommendations.

“We have to recognise the sacrifice made by him to come out as the common candidate”, Samaraweera said.

In 2010, Rajapaksa secured the Parliament’s nod to remove presidential term limits from the Constitution through an amendment that also included provisions with more far-reaching implications – by increasing the president’s power to act without

oversight.

 

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