Sri Lankan President's Power Likely to Be Weakened

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Sri Lankan President's Power Likely to Be Weakened

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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's power to dissolve Parliament vested on her under the current constitution is likely to be removed as a legislation in this regard with the proposed constitutional reforms will be brought to Parliament next month, the official Daily News said on Friday.

Government spokesman and minister of Constitutional Affairs G.L. Peiris was quoted as saying on Thursday that with the proposed constitutional reforms the president will have to seek the consent of prime minister and parliamentary speaker before the dissolution of the parliament.

He said that so long as the people's faith is with the government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe there will be no dissolution of Parliament.

Kumaratunga, who is empowered to dissolve the Parliament one year after a government is set up, will be the country's president until 2005. A constitutional amendment needs the two-third majority support in the 225-member parliament.

Kumaratunga's People's Alliance was defeated by Wickremesinghe' s United National Party in December 5 Parliament elections last year, which was held 14 months after the previous elections following the dissolution of Parliament ordered by the president.

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