SL Parliament votes to strengthen presidential power

5 months ago

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament by a large majority has approved a constitutional amendment concentrating powers under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and reversing reforms a previous government had made to curb authoritarianism. After the August elections gave him the parliamentary votes to change the charter, Rajapaksa had said the amendment would be his government’s priority because the reduced presidential