The Mahanayakes had met yesterday and decided that amendments should be made to the existing constitution to abolish the Executive Presidency, Ven. Sobitha Thero said.
Therefore other religious will also be informed of the amendments in the future along with representatives of political parties, trade unions and the masses, he said addressing a press briefing this morning.
Venerable Sobitha Thero stated that they expect to establish good governance and democracy through the amendments.
He pointed out that incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa had promised to abolish the Executive Presidency while the JVP and some members of the UNP have also pledged assistance for this purpose.
He stressed that the political leaders to criticize the executive presidency the most were former President Chandrika Bandaranaike, her mother Sirimavo Bandaranaike and President Rajapksa and that even Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa had recently called for abolishing it.
Sobitha Thero further said that as it is important to immediately abolish the executive presidency a discourse should be created within the society.
He stated that this movement will not operate to oppose a certain party or support another and that if no political parties comes forth to assist in this task, they will assist any party which pledges to abolish the executive presidency in the next election.
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