Vijitha: President’s representative to Constitutional Council

Minister Vijitha Herath has been appointed the President’s Constitutional Council representative.

The Speaker of the Parliament, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, said that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made this nomination.

Accordingly, former Minister of Ports, Aviation, and Shipping Nimal Siripala de Silva has been removed from the Constitutional Council.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has also been appointed as a new member of the Council.

Despite the dissolution of the Parliament, the activities of the Constitutional Council are required to be continued until the formation of the new Parliament.

The council is scheduled to meet on Oct. 9 for the first time following the election of the new President.

Other members of the Constitutional Council include former Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, former MP Kabir Hashim, former MP Sagara Kariyawasam, and the three civil society representatives.