Table of Contents

Frontispiece – Awantha Artigala

List of Contributors

Foreword – Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

Editor’s Introduction – Asanga Welikala

The Process and Politics of Constitutional Change

1. The Process of Constitutional Reform, January to May 2015 – Aruni Jayakody

2. Constitutional Reform in a Multi-Polar Setting: The Negotiation of Competing Party Political Interests in the Promulgation of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Amendments – Kalana Senaratne

3. Cosmopolitanism as a Framework for Understanding Recent Political Change in Sri Lanka – Laksiri Fernando

4. Yahapalanaya as Republicanism – Asanga Welikala

The Substantive Changes of the Nineteenth Amendment and the Future

5. The Pre-Enactment Challenges and the Supreme Court Determination on the Nineteenth Amendment Bill – Shehara Athukorala

6. Parliament and Government after the Nineteenth Amendment – Reeza Hameed

7. The Constitutional Council and the Independent Commissions: The New Framework for Depoliticising Governance – Dinesha Samararatne

8. The Freedom of Information as a Fundamental Right – Gehan Gunatilleke

9. Public Administration after the Nineteenth Amendment: Prospects for Change – Narayanasuwami

10. Changes to the Structure of Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice by the Nineteenth Amendment – Hejaaz Hizbullah

11. Executive Power after the Nineteenth Amendment: The Centre and the Provinces – Niran Anketell

12. The Nineteenth Amendment in Comparative Context: Classifying the New Regime-Type – Artak Galyan

13. Consolidating Constitutional Democracy: The Agenda for Further Reform – Rohan Edrisinha

Bibliography

Annexes

1. The Manifesto of the National Democratic Front for the Presidential Election of January 2015, Sinhala and English versions
2. The Concept Paper (February 2015)
3. The Unofficial Legal Draft (February 2015)
4. The Gazetted Bill (April 2015)
5. The Memorandum of Government Amendments to the Gazetted Bill (April 2015)
6. The Determination of the Supreme Court on the Nineteenth Amendment Bill (April 2015)
7. Parliamentary Proceedings on the Nineteenth Amendment Bill (April 2015)
8. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution Act (May 2015)