President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued a Gazette notification appointing a nine-member Commission of Inquiry headed by former Chief Justice Priyasad Dep, in order to prepare proposals for electoral reforms.
The members of the commission include:
1. Justice Wewage Priyasath Gerard Dep, PC - Retired Chief Justice
2. Suntharam Arumainayaham
3. Senanayake Alisandaralage
4. Nalin Jayantha Abeysekara, PC
5. Rajitha Naveen Christopher Senaratna Perera
6. Ahamed Lebbe Mohamed Saleem
7. Sagarica Delgoda
8. Esther Sriyani Nimalka Fernando
9. Vitharanage Deepani Samantha Rodrigo
Meanwhile, the relevant gazette notification mentions that new laws have been introduced effecting changes to the election system and the mode of conducting elections of the country with the promulgation of the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka, and that such laws need to be amended to suit current societal needs by conforming with principles of good governance and strengthening representative democracy.
