Opposition MPs, led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, demonstrated their protest in Parliament against the tabling of the draft 22nd Amendment to the Constitution and the Judicature (Amendment) Bill, claiming the proposed legislation represented the “death of democracy.”
The draft 22nd Amendment to the Constitution and the Judicature (Amendment) Bill were tabled in Parliament by Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara a short while ago.
The tabling of the bills sparked commotion in the House, with opposition MPs raising several points of order. (Newswire)