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Sri Lanka court: Constitutional amendment needs referendum

by Krishan Francis
| October 20, 2020 2:07 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s highest court has ruled that four sections of a proposed amendment to the constitution that would consolidate power in the president’s hands will need approval in a public referendum to become law because they are against the people's sovereignty.

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