Making the 22nd Amendment true to the President’s 11 May commitment

Making the 22nd Amendment true to the President’s 11 May commitment (Daily FT 4th July 2022 – Prof Rohan Samarajiva) In his address to the nation on 11 May, the President committed to “enact a Constitutional Amendment that would restore the substance of the 19th Amendment” (my translation from the video record, because this speech is missing from the President’s websites).1  By this time, he had seen the steadfastness of the Aragalaya and the nationwide support they had. It is reasonable to assume that former Finance Minister Sabry had briefed…

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