{"id":124716,"date":"2022-04-25T15:21:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T22:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=124716"},"modified":"2022-04-25T15:21:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T22:21:16","slug":"sri-lanka-cabinet-clears-proposal-to-clip-presidents-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/04\/25\/sri-lanka-cabinet-clears-proposal-to-clip-presidents-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Cabinet Clears Proposal to Clip President\u2019s Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>(Bloomberg) &#8212; Sri Lanka\u2019s cabinet approved a plan to abolish constitutional amendments that gave President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wide-ranging executive powers, acceding to one of the key demands from citizens protesting his economic policies as the ruling family tries to stay in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A proposal by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa &#8212; the president\u2019s brother &#8212; to return to the 19th amendment of the constitution with necessary changes\u201d has been approved, government spokesman Rohan Welivita said in a statement Monday. He didn\u2019t specify the changes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision follows an announcement from officials of the main opposition party earlier Monday that they have garnered enough support for a no-confidence vote against the government. Demonstrators angry about Asia\u2019s fastest inflation and shortages of food and fuel have been demanding the administration repeal the so-called 20th amendment that amassed extraordinary powers for the president, while also calling for the Rajapaksas to step down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka Opposition Gets Enough Support for No-Confidence Vote<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The political developments come as Sri Lanka races to secure funding from creditors including India, China and the International Monetary Fund. On Monday, Sri Lanka\u2019s blue-chip index sank 12.6%, exceeding the 10% drop that resulted in an all-day suspension as investors fretted over the economic crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg (Bloomberg) &#8212; Sri Lanka\u2019s cabinet approved a plan to abolish constitutional amendments that gave President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wide-ranging executive powers, acceding to one of the key demands from citizens protesting his economic policies as the ruling family tries to stay in office. A proposal by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa &#8212; the president\u2019s brother &#8212; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}