13 December 2016

News Story: Sri Lanka parliament to debate on new constitution

COLOMBO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka parliament will have a three-day debate in January on the proposals for constitution making, Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella said on Monday.

Sri Lanka sponsors the resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in September last year to work out a political solution to the country's Tamil national question. The country ended its 30-year war in May, 2009, and since then there has been demands for power devolution.

Kiriella told Xinhua that six subcommittees had worked out proposals and they would be debated in parliament on January 9-11.

Read the full story at Xinhua