Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka)
| Constitutional Council | |
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| Reports to | President of Sri Lanka |
| Appointer | President of Sri Lanka |
| Term length | 3 years, no term limit |
| Constituting instrument | 17th & 19th Amendment |
| Precursor | Parliamentary Council |
| Formation | 2000, 2015 |
The Constitutional Council (CC) is a 10-member constitutional authority in Sri Lanka tasked with maintaining independent commissions and monitoring it affairs. established first in 2000 under the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka and again in 2015 under the Nineteenth Amendment. In 2010, Mahinda Rajapaksa established the Parliamentary Council to replace it. After Maithripala Sirisena was elected President, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe presented the new reforms to reinstate a new Constitutional Council in 2015. The Constitutional Council is aimed at depoliticising the public service.
The Constitutional Council was first established in 2000 under the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka. In 2010 President Mahinda Rajapaksa established the Parliamentary Council, under the Eighteenth Amendment, to replace it. After Maithripala Sirisena was elected President, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe presented the new reforms to reinstate a new Constitutional Council in 2015 under the Nineteenth Amendment.
The independent commissions were established under the Constitutional Council, fulfilling one of the major promises of the United National Party led Opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena during the 2015 presidential election.
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