The proposed 21st constitutional amendment will be taken up for consideration by the Cabinet next week. It was presented to the Cabinet by Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.
The bill, if enacted, will seek to reintroduce constitutional features that contained in the 19th Amendment curtailing powers of executive presidency.
Besides, the constitutional provision in the 20th Amendment providing for the increase of the number of judges of higher courts will be retained in the incorporation of the 21st Amendment.
Also, the president, as the Head of State, will continue to retain his power to dissolve Parliament only after two and half years.
There is public agitation in the country to prune the powers of executive presidency.