Peace and Conflict Timeline (PACT) » 17th Amendment

3 April 2006

pact team — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:29:42 +0000

The terms of office of the existing commissioners of the Human Rights Commission expire.

January 2006

pact team — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:34:27 +0000

Two senior judges of the Supreme Court who constituted the Judicial Service Commission along with the chief justice resigned their positions, citing “grounds of conscience”.

December 2005

pact team — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:36:02 +0000

The Government states its position with regard to the lapsed Public Service Commission and National Police Commission: “the arrangements that prevailed prior to the establishment of these Commissions could be resorted to purely as an interim measure”.

March 2005

pact team — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:53:33 +0000

The term of the six appointed members to the first Constitutional Council expires, but the vacancies that they leave are not filled.

3 October 2001

pact team — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:19:28 +0000

The 17th Amendment to the Constitution is passed, to make provisions for the Constitutional Council and Independent Commissions.

Extract from the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution on the appointment of the Constitutional Council

Constitution of the Constitutional Council.

41A. There shall be a Constitutional Council (in this Chapter referred to as the “Council”) which shall consist of the following members:

(a) the Prime Minister;
(b) the Speaker;
(c) the Leader of the Opposition In Parliament;
(d) one person appointed by the President;
(e) five persons appointed by the President, on the nomination of both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition;

Full text of the 17th Amendment