CS nominees to Constitutional Council to be tabled

The names of three civil society representatives nominated to the Constitutional Council (CC) Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, founder, Sarvodaya Movement, Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and Shibly Aziz, President’s Counsel will be submitted to Parliament for approval on September 22.

The other seven members already appointed to the CC include Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan, Ministers Patali Champika Ranawaka, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and W. D. J. Senewiratne as well as JVP Parliamentarian Vijitha Herath.

The inaugural meeting of the Constitutional Council convened on September 10 under the patronage of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had decided to meet again tomorrow, September 21 and September 23, to fast track its deliberations to immediately reactivate the 11 independent commissions that come under the Constitutional Council.