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Proposals for Constitutional Reforms:
SLIP SHOWS: No Bill of Rights in UNP ‘Constitution’
In recent times the United National Party (UNP)
led by Ranil Wickremesinghe and the National Movement for Social
Justice (NMSL) led by Ven.Maduluwave Sobhitha Thera have put forward
proposals for the reformation of the content of protection of
fundamental rights in Sri Lanka in addition to other reforms in
drafting a new constitution for Sri Lanka. In the meantime the
Office of the Special Envoy on Human Rights Minister Mahinda
Samarasinghe has put forward the National Action Plan for the
Protection and Promotion of Human Rights 2011-2016 the full text of
which is available at http.wwwhractionplan.gov.lk .
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‘Federalists’ can’t learn from history
The election process currently in-motion for the
Northern Provincial Council brings in to focus the need for a
comprehensive overhaul of the regional autonomy framework introduced
in 1987 under the S13 amendment to the constitution. A review of the
entire concept, without devotion to S13, needs to be undertaken with
opportunities for extensive public participation and debate.
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Enhancing the impact of Consultative Committees of Parliament
In addition to discussion of the role of
oversight committees of Parliament in reducing corruption, two other
important issues were raised at the Transparency International
consultation with Parliamentarians, where structural reforms are
required if corruption is to be reduced. One is an area in which the
system we have increases the temptation, or perhaps even the need,
to be corrupt.
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