COLOMBO : President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage as his representative to the constitutional council.
Aluthgamage confirmed that he had received the letter of appointment.
The Constitutional Council will be chaired by the Hon. Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena will meet shortly at the Parliament complex.
Under the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, Constitutional Council is the responsible body to appoint members to the independent commissions such as police commission, bribery commission and election commission.
The Speaker holds the chairmanship of the Council while the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader are ex-officio members of the 10-member Constitutional Council.