Parliament summoned for special session on CC

27 May, 2015

Parliament has been summoned for a special session on the composition of the Constitutional Council (CC), Parliament sources said.

Accordingly Parliament is expected to meet on June 3 where approval is to be sought on civil members?nominated for the CC.

So far the Constitutional Council nominees include?Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, Opposition leader Nimal Siripala de Silva, Patali Champika Ranawaka, John Seniviratne, Wijeydasa Rajapaksa, R. Sampanthan, Radhika Kumaraswamy, A.W.Z. Salam and A.T Ariyaratne. (Colombo Gazette)

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