Browsing Research Reports by Subject "19th amendment"

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    • 19th Amendment: The Wins, the Losses and the In-betweens 

      Gunatilleke, Gehan; de Mel, Nishan (Verité Research, 2015-06)
      This research brief seeks to provide an insight into how the final outcome of 19A fulfils the key expectations of democratising and depoliticising governance. The enactment of 19A is certainly a watershed event in Sri ...

    • The Limits of the Presidential Portfolio and its Implications for the Office on Missing Persons 

      Esufally, Sabrina (Verité Research, 2017-02)
      The Nineteenth Amendment (19A) to the Constitution placed limitations on the powers of the Executive President. This briefing note will examine these limitations in the context of the President’s powers to assign subjects ...

    • President's Executive Powers: Demystifying the 19A Bill Ruling 

      Corea, Viran; de Mel, Nishan; Gunatilleke, Gehan (Verite Research, 2015-04)
      The Supreme Court ruling of April 2015 with regard to the 19th Amendment Bill1 has generated much interest and commentary. What exactly are the implications of the ruling and does it or does it not allow the curtailment ...