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Sri Lanka re-designs its Executive Presidency to an Israeli style ‘Executive PM’
In the latest personification of the future head of state of Sri Lanka in its ongoing constitutional reform saga, the country has now decided to do away with the Executive Presidency altogether and to introduce a hybrid “Executive Prime Minister.’
Sources close to the government said that the government has already began exploring the Israeli style ‘Executive Prime Minister’ (PM), to this end. Also, once elected, there will be no limits on the number of terms for an incumbent to continue as the Executive Prime Minister.
More importantly, the government has also decided to elect the ‘Executive PM’ based on direct votes of the general public instead of only Parliament MP votes, sources close to the government disclosed. The government initially tried to bring in the proposed executive PM to be elected based only on Parliament MP votes.
But as challenges mounted from the ethnic minority party MPs who requested that the Executive PM should be elected by the people similar to the Executive President, the government has now decided on an ‘Executive PM’ by popular vote.
Under the Westminster tradition, Sri Lanka previously too had an Executive PM until the 1978 Constitution which introduced the Executive Presidency, thereby changing the ‘Prime Minister’ to an honorary and a ceremonial designation as it is today.
Also, despite being the Executive PM in the pre-1987 constitution, the PM was not directly elected by the general public, but based only on votes of Parliament MPs. The new hybrid ‘Executive PM’ will be combination of both –an executive PM directly elected by popular votes.
Meanwhile, Cabinet Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, the high ranking ruling party (SLFP) member, speaking to the weekend press revealed that there will be no limits on the number of terms an incumbent can continue in the new ‘Executive Prime Minister’, once appointed.
He added that all the rights a Parliament MP is entitled to by virtue of a Parliament MP will be conferred equally to the newly proposed ‘Executive Prime Minister’ as well.
Sri Lanka re-designs its Executive Presidency to an Israeli style ?Executive PM? | Asian Tribune
In the latest personification of the future head of state of Sri Lanka in its ongoing constitutional reform saga, the country has now decided to do away with the Executive Presidency altogether and to introduce a hybrid “Executive Prime Minister.’
Sources close to the government said that the government has already began exploring the Israeli style ‘Executive Prime Minister’ (PM), to this end. Also, once elected, there will be no limits on the number of terms for an incumbent to continue as the Executive Prime Minister.
More importantly, the government has also decided to elect the ‘Executive PM’ based on direct votes of the general public instead of only Parliament MP votes, sources close to the government disclosed. The government initially tried to bring in the proposed executive PM to be elected based only on Parliament MP votes.
But as challenges mounted from the ethnic minority party MPs who requested that the Executive PM should be elected by the people similar to the Executive President, the government has now decided on an ‘Executive PM’ by popular vote.
Under the Westminster tradition, Sri Lanka previously too had an Executive PM until the 1978 Constitution which introduced the Executive Presidency, thereby changing the ‘Prime Minister’ to an honorary and a ceremonial designation as it is today.
Also, despite being the Executive PM in the pre-1987 constitution, the PM was not directly elected by the general public, but based only on votes of Parliament MPs. The new hybrid ‘Executive PM’ will be combination of both –an executive PM directly elected by popular votes.
Meanwhile, Cabinet Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, the high ranking ruling party (SLFP) member, speaking to the weekend press revealed that there will be no limits on the number of terms an incumbent can continue in the new ‘Executive Prime Minister’, once appointed.
He added that all the rights a Parliament MP is entitled to by virtue of a Parliament MP will be conferred equally to the newly proposed ‘Executive Prime Minister’ as well.
Sri Lanka re-designs its Executive Presidency to an Israeli style ?Executive PM? | Asian Tribune
