{"id":154452,"date":"2026-02-02T15:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=154452"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:46:22","slug":"former-presidents-and-prime-minister-invited-to-constitutional-reform-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/02\/02\/former-presidents-and-prime-minister-invited-to-constitutional-reform-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Presidents and Prime Minister invited to constitutional reform launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/News_Images\/202602\/1770033109_7742189_hirunews.jpg\" alt=\"Former+Presidents+and+Prime+Minister+invited+to+constitutional+reform+launch\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Maithripala Sirisena, and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, along with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, received invitations to a special event scheduled for tomorrow (03).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;OneText&#8221; initiative organised this gathering to launch a dialogue process focused on drafting a new constitution for Sri Lanka, starting at 4:00 PM at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMIC) in Colombo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event aims to transition long-standing socio-political discussions regarding constitutional reform into a practical framework through expert consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Deepika Udagama, former Head of the Department of Law at the University of Peradeniya, will deliver the keynote address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other speakers include Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne, Dr. Kumaravadivel Guruparan, Dr. Ramesh Ramasamy, former Minister Udaya Gammanpila, and Member of Parliament Nizam Kariyappar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OneText, an organization operating in Sri Lanka since 2003, plans to conduct this program in several stages across various sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The institution focuses on conducting research for policy-making and fostering consensus among political parties on matters of national importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News Former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Maithripala Sirisena, and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, along with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, received invitations to a special event scheduled for tomorrow (03). The &#8220;OneText&#8221; initiative organised this gathering to launch a dialogue process focused on drafting a new constitution for Sri Lanka, starting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-constitution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154452","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=154452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154453,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154452\/revisions\/154453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}