Discussion on Electoral Reforms on Feb 20 [February 16 2013]

The third in the series of discussions organised by the Liberal Party on ‘The need for Electoral Reform – Continuing discussions on Constitutional Reform in the current context’ will be held on Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. at the Auditorium of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo 8.

'Electoral Reform' will be the topic. The problems of the present system, and a model for change will be discussed.

Attention will also be paid to the changing role of Parliamentarians, given the demands of functioning in both a Legislative and Executive role.

Mechanisms to ensure that the problems of constituents are addressed without compromise of the wider interests of the nation will also be explored.

The opening presentation will be by Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, and discussants invited include M.A. Sumanthiran, Dayasiri Jayasekara, Hassen Ali, Dayan Jayatilleka and Pradeep Jeganathan.

The fourth discussion in the series will be on March 6, on ‘Freedom of Information’.