SLMC calls for new Constitution and not amendments

09 Apr, 2017

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC)?has?called for a completely new Constitution and not amendments to the existing?Constitution.

SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem said that a referendum will however be needed to create a?new Constitution.

He said that the people were given a promise that a new Constitution will be introduced to the country and that promise must be kept.

Hakeem also said that in the new?Constitution there needs to be meaningful devolution of powers. (Colombo Gazette)

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