{"id":59100,"date":"2016-09-25T22:23:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T04:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=59100"},"modified":"2016-09-25T15:11:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T22:11:40","slug":"govt-can-amend-the-existing-constitution-mahinda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/09\/25\/govt-can-amend-the-existing-constitution-mahinda\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt. can amend the existing Constitution &#8211; Mahinda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"newsDateStamp\">September 25, 2016\u00a0\u00a011:24 am<\/p>\n<div class=\"bookmarkIcon\">\u00a0There is no need to draft a new Constitution, the Government can amend the existing one instead, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says.<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsContent\">\n<p>The observation was made while speaking at an event held in Udadumbara.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Govt. can amend the existing Constitution - Mahinda\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zcl4EMd2aGM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m of the view that a new Constitution should not be drafted, instead they can add new clauses,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nHe also went on to say the people should be aware of certain terms that have reportedly been proposed to include which would lead to improper results.<br \/>\nIt took over three years for Colvin R. de Silva to make amendments to the Constitution. But, they have plans to draft the new Constitution within months. This is why we have doubts. We have a right to raise concerns over this issue, if the new Constitution is eyeing to take revenge from an individual, from a nation or a religion,\u201d said Rajapaksa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/www.adaderana.lk\/news.php?mode=beauti&amp;nid=37107#sthash.DcDu6rlm.dpuf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana September 25, 2016\u00a0\u00a011:24 am \u00a0There is no need to draft a new Constitution, the Government can amend the existing one instead, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says. The observation was made while speaking at an event held in Udadumbara. I\u2019m of the view that a new Constitution should not be drafted, instead they can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59100","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\/59100","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=59100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}