Public views sought for Constitution making

The Bakeer Markar Centre for National Unity (BMCNU) has called for inclusion of public views and aspirations into the Constitution-making process.

BMCNU has embarked on organizing workshops to create civic consciousness and promote the engagement of civic organizations and the Sri Lankan public towards the process of Constitution-making. The inaugural workshop will be engaging with the Sri Lankan media to promote a democratic Constitution which has incorporated the people’s views.

The workshop on the theme ‘Towards a Democratic Constitution to Unite the Nation’ will be held July 20 at 9.00 am at the Marine Grand, Marine Drive, Wellawatte. Senior representatives from major political parties will state their views at the beginning of the workshop. This will be followed by a discussion presided by BMCNU Patron Dr Karunasena Kodithuwakku.

Youth Affairs Minister Dulles Alahapperuma (SLFP), Technology and Research Minister Tissa Vitharana (LSSP), Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister D E W Gunasekara [Communist Party], Karu Jayasuriya MP (UNP), Rauff Hakeem MP (SLMC), Vijitha Herath MP (DNA), Eswarapatham Saravanapavan MP (TNA) and Western Provincial Councillor Udaya Gammanpila (JHU) will participate.

BMCNU, which has been working towards promoting national unity in Sri Lanka intends to organize provincial level seminars to follow this inaugural workshop aimed at the media. The seminars will focus on political parties, religious and ethnic groups, professional bodies, media personnel, trade unions and civil society organizations, covering all provinces.