April 21,2022: Sri Lanka’s main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) on Thursday presented a constitutional amendment bill that among other provisions seeks to abolish the presidential system of governance, in existence in the country since 1978, and replace it with a system that reinforces constitutional democracy.
The move by the SJB party came in the backdrop of massive protests demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his Sri Lanka Podujana (Peramuna)-led government over the country’s worst economic crisis.
The SJB presented the draft 21st constitution amendment bill to the Secretary-General of the country’s Parliament with proposals including the abolition of the current executive presidential system.
