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CC's inaugural meeting on Tuesday by Deepal Warnakulasuriya The Constitutional Council set up after many hiccups will have its first meeting on Tuesday. According to reliable sources, the April 2 meeting will be an introductory session where no major issues will be discussed. The sources however, revealed that the Council will begin preliminary work on the appointment of the four independent commissions of election, police, judiciary and administration services within the next six weeks. Appointments to the 10-member Constitutional Council was finalised last week according to the 17th amendment to the Constitution and the appointment letters were given by the President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in accordance with terms of power vested in her. The members comprise Speaker Joseph Michel Perera, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, H.L. de Silva, representative of the President, Dr. A.R.B. Amarasinghe, Lakshman Weerasekara, M. Jameel, P. Sunderalingam, R.C. Karunakaran and S.S. Wijeratne. Five of the members were appointed by the President on the collective nomination of both the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader. These include three representatives from the minority community. The other members was selected by the JVP, SLMC and other political parties. The PM, The Speaker and the Opposition Leader will act as ex-officio members in the Council. The Council will nominate nine persons for the Public Service Commission, five, Election Commission, seven, Police Commission, five, the Human Rights Commission, three, Bribery or Corruption Commission and several other various bodies within the next six weeks. |
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