Drafting the Constitution Together
Explore the ideas and building blocks as citizens and stakeholders come together to draft Sri Lanka's constitution. Each section is an open invitation to shape a framework that serves all.
This is a collaborative drafting process, shaped by the voices and ideas of people like you. Join the conversation: read, review, and contribute your insights to co-create these foundational principles.
Constitutional Chapters
This section establishes the supreme covenant of the Republic. It acknowledges historical injustices, celebrates Sri Lanka’s pluralistic heritage, and outlines the inviolable pillars of constitutional supremacy, substantive equality, and devolved democracy to secure a lasting peace and a shared civic identity.
The People, The State and Sovereignty
This chapter establishes the People as the source of all sovereignty. It declares Sri Lanka a free, sovereign and independent Republic whose unitary State is composed of central and provincial institutions, entrenches the Basic Structure of the Constitution against amendment, and defines how sovereignty — including the franchise, fundamental rights and the powers of government — is exercised.
Fundamental Rights
This section outlines the fundamental rights guaranteed to all persons in Sri Lanka, including freedoms of thought, religion, speech, movement and equality before the law, while protecting individuals from torture, arbitrary arrest, and unfair punishment, subject only to limited restrictions necessary in a democratic society.
Public Policy
This section sets out the State’s non-justiciable guiding principles for building a just, democratic, and equitable society while outlining the fundamental duties expected of every citizen to uphold the Constitution, protect public property, promote national unity, and safeguard the environment.
Executive
This section defines the powers, duties, election procedures, tenure, succession, privileges, and constitutional role of the President as Sri Lanka’s Head of State, Head of the Executive, Head of Government, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
Legislature
This section defines the structure, powers, procedures, membership, privileges, law-making authority, and constitutional amendment process of Parliament, outlining how Members are elected, how Parliament functions, and how laws or constitutional changes become valid.
Referendum, Franchise and Elections
This chapter outlines the democratic mechanisms through which the people participate directly and indirectly in governing Sri Lanka. It covers three key areas: Referenda, Franchise, and Elections.
The Judiciary
This Chapter establishes Sri Lanka’s independent system of courts headed by the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal and including the High Court and other tribunals, sets out public sittings, judicial appointments, tenure and removal, protection from interference, and creates the Judicial Service Commission and superior court jurisdictions for constitutional review, fundamental rights, appeals, and election disputes.
Public Finance
This section establishes Parliament’s full control over public finances—including taxation, the Consolidated Fund, withdrawals, contingencies, revenue Bills—and outlines the appointment, powers, independence, and oversight functions of the Auditor-General and the Audit Service Commission to ensure transparent and accountable financial governance.
Public Security
This section sets out the constitutional framework for public security, including the President’s powers to declare emergencies, parliamentary oversight of emergency regulations, and the establishment, powers, independence, and accountability of the National Police Commission in managing police appointments, discipline, complaints, and public protection.
Provincial Councils
Provincial governance and devolution of powers.
Checks & Balances
Independent oversight bodies and accountability mechanisms.
State & Local Resource Management
Natural resource governance and environmental protection.
General
Miscellaneous provisions, amendments, and transitional arrangements.
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තියෙන ඒවා තියෙන්න අරින්න, අළුතින් ගිනි ගොඩක් ගහන්නෙ නැතිව. වැඩක් කරන අය වැඩ කරනව වැඩ බැරි අය ව්යවස්ථාවට බැන බැන NGO එක්ක එකතු වෙලා වෛරය පතුරවන.
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බොහොම හොඳයි,වේදිකාවක් තැනීම අපේ රට ඉදිරියට ගෙනියන්නේ අනාගත පරපුරයි,තමන්ට හා තමන්ගේ පිරිස දිනවීමට කෙටිකාලීන යුධ උපක්රම නොව යාවත්කාලීනව මුලුමහත් සමාජ දේහයම නියෝජනයක් ඇතිවිය යුතුයි ,අපේ රාජ්යයට අයත් සියළුම භූමිය (අහස,සයුර ද ඇතුළුව)එ කම සමමිතික ආරක්ශාවකින් රැකෙන ගමන් ,විදෙස් සබඳතා ,ව්යාපාරික හා රාජ්යතාන්ත්රිකවද ආරක්ශාකරගැනීමට හැකිවිය යුතුයි ,මේ සදහා විවිධ දියුණු රටවල ව්යවස්ථස්ථා පොදු මහජනතාවටද දැනගැනීමට සලස්වා ඒවායේ ඇති යහපත් මෙන්ම අයහපත් තුලින් අපේ රටට ගලපාගෙන හොඳ පරිපාලන ව්යව්යුහයක් ඇතිකිරීම සුදුසුයි,ජනජීවිතය රැකගන්න අවශ්ය මූලික අවශ්යතා ආහාර,නිවාස යනාදිය ඒ ඒ ආර්ථිකයකමට්ටම් අනුව මිළට ගැනීමට සැලැස්වීම සුදුසුයි, අධ්යාපන අවශ්යතා සෑම අයෙකුටම සැලැස්වීම තුලින් තාක්ෂණය හා උසස් ජීවන මට්ටමක්ද,රටේ ශ්රම බලකායට එකතුවේ,සියළුම ආකාරයේ මත්ද්රව්ය නිපදවීම ,අලෙවිය දිරිමත් නොකල යුතුය,.එමගින් සාමකාමී සහජීවනය නිවසේ පෑලදොරින් පිටවීයන හෙයින් ඉතාම ඉක්මනින් ඒ පිලිබදව සැලකිලිමත් වියයුතුය
අර එනජීඕ නඩ එකතුවෙලා හදපු (ජයම්පති වික්කමරත්න වාගෙ මතක) කෙටුම්පත.දැන් ඒ ගැන කතාකරන්නවත් කෙනෙක් නැහැ හාමුදුරුවන් වහන්සේලා නිහඬ කෙරුව අටමස්ථාන තුරුම්පුව ඇදල. පංසලට සහ බහුතරයක් සිංහල බෞද්ධයන්ට නාමිකව හරි තිබෙන බලය නැති කරන්න කියල මට හිතෙන්නෙ .
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