Presidential term limited to five years - President
President Maithripala Sirisena said that the term of office of the President of Sri Lanka will be reduced to five years from the original six.
“I had insisted that the terms of the Presidency be reduced to four years though the Committee of Constitutional Experts and political leaders did not agree with my demand,” the President said addressing public officials of the Polonnaruwa district at the Thopawewa school grounds on Sunday.
“They said that holding a Presidential Election every four years was not good for the country,” he said.
The President added that they later came to the consensus that the term of the Presidency should be confined to five years due to his strong insistence.
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