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Bangladesh has just celebrated fifty years of independence; this year also marks fifty years since its Ganoparishad ratified the Constitution of Bangladesh. Anniversaries are as worthy occasions as any to recall why certain ideological principles were chosen to guide the new nation.

The Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution Bill 2022 and the National Assembly Electoral Amendment Act were passed last Wednesday.

Download logoLeaders of the political parties represented in the 10th Parliament have applauded members of the National Assembly for having made history

Lesotho's Constitutional Court will on Tuesday hand down rulings on two matters challenging the legality of the state of emergency and the king's decision to reconvene Parliament.




Lesotho's King Letsie III has recalled parliament to convene for a week to pass two crucial Bills into law so that the state of emergency the prime minister declared last week will come to an end.

Lesotho's prime minister, Moeketsi Majoro, has declared a state of emergency after legislators failed to pass two crucial bills that sought to end political volatility in Parliament.



By Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne President’s Counsel The Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government’s new Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill was presented to Parliament on 10 August 2022. The earlier Bill, which was published in the Gazette in June 2022, lapsed as it was not presented before the recent prorogation of Parliament. The August Bill is an improvement on […]

The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) will be carrying out the process to obtain the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah following the passing of the Constitution (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2022 in Parliament on the provision to ban party switching by Members of Parliament

By Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel The long-awaited 22 nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill (22A) of the Gotabaya-Wickremesinghe government (or, should we say, the SLPP Government in which UNPer Ranil Wickremesinghe is Prime Minister?) was published in the Gazette on 29 June 2022. This means it could be placed on the Order Paper of […]

The country has had five governments in 10 years. Every time a government collapses, the reform programme follows suit.