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The State of Democracy in South Asia points to the major successes and shortcomings of democracy in Sri Lanka and makes some recommendations in order to strengthen Sri Lanka’s democratic capacity and to allow it to handle diversity in a soundly democratic way. Key Recommendations:
Sri Lanka performs in the mid-range across all four categories of the Global State of Democracy framework and is among the top 25 per cent of countries in the world with regard to Civic Engagement and Electoral Participation.
The Scope and the Content of the Sri Lankan Constitution: Perspectives of Opinion Leaders Executive summary •A majority (53 per cent) of opinion leaders responded that the current Constitution should remain in force, with some changes needed. •Sinhala opinion leaders indicated that the most important issues for a new
The Constitution of Sri Lanka revolves around a President invested with broad executive powers. It has 172 articles, recognizes Buddhism as the state religion, and guarantees a broad range of fundamental rights. The Constitution also establishes the duties of the state and the citizen.
26 sie 2022 · Abstract. How is ethnic domination produced, legitimised, and sustained under conditions of liberal democracy? This article engages with this problem and provides a re-conceptualisation that draws on the experience of Sri Lanka.
This electronic version of Sri Lanka's Constitution incorporating all amendments [made up to October 03, 2001] was formulated by the Policy Research & Information Unit of the Presidential Secretariat.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA [Date of Commencement: 7 th September 1978] CHAPTER I. THE PEOPLE, THE STATE AND SOVEREIGNTY. 1. The State. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) is a Free, Sovereign, Independent and Democratic Socialist Republic and shall be known as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 2. Unitary State.
