Sri Lanka Centre creates Constitution Council for making government appointments

Q.  Name the South Asian Country whose parliament amended the constitution to reduce the power of Executive President and to put into place a Constitutional Council for making key government appoints?
- Published on 13 Apr 15

a. Bangladesh
b. India
c. Pakistan
d. Sri Lanka

ANSWER: Sri Lanka
 
The final vote on the 19th Amendment of the Constitution was taken after the Committee stage of the legislative process. Two hundred and twelve Members of Parliament voted in favour while only one parliamentarian opposed the reform bill.

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