Sri Lanka, Sept. 18 -- Leaders of opposition political parties and civil society groups yesterday signed a joint statement aiming at safeguarding the country's democratic structure, the independence of the judiciary, and citizens' rights.Take Sociology Courses
They emphasise their firm belief that the 22nd Constitutional Amendment proposed by the government poses a serious threat to the judicial independence guaranteed by the country's Constitution.
They are of the view that this could pave the way for a significant risk of dismantling the representative democracy that has been safeguarded for nearly 80 years. They stated that they are signing this declaration, uniting as a collective to safeguard democracy and defeat the proposed 22nd Am...