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J. R. Jayewardene who came to office in July 1977 with a five-sixths majority passed the second amendment to the 1972 Constitution on 4 October 1977, which made the presidency an executive post. Under its provisions, then Prime Minister Jayawardene automatically became the first Executive President of Sri Lanka on 4 February 1978. [8]
The Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972 was a constitution of Sri Lanka, replaced by the 1978 constitution currently in force. It was Sri Lanka's first republican constitution, and its second since independence in 1948. The constitution changed the country's name from Ceylon to Sri Lanka, and established it as an independent republic.
Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka; Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka This page was last ...
Florida amendment ballot items 5 and 6 aren't the well-meaning measures they pretend to be. The Palm Beach Post urges voters check "no.'
The Constitution of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978. It is Sri Lanka's second republican constitution and its third constitution since the country's independence (as Ceylon) in 1948, after the Donoughmore Constitution ...
Since independence, Sri Lanka has been continuously led by either the United National Party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, or coalitions headed by one of the two parties.. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party, led by Sirimavo Bandaranaike, won a five-year term in the 1970 parliamentary elections, obtaining over the two-thirds supermajority in Parliament required pass constitutional amendmen
This amendment would open up the market to everyone 21 and up. Over 1 million Florida voters signed petitions in support of the recreational marijuana initiative led by the group Smart & Safe Florida.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5. Voters will be faced with 6 constitutional amendment proposals on the ballot.