Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, this morning, submitted to the Parliament the interim report by the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly.

The Steering Committee had identified 12 main subject areas and assigned six of those subjects to Sub-Committees appointed by the Constitutional Assembly on 05th May 2016.

The Reports of the said six Sub Committees and another report by an ad-hoc Committee appointed by the Steering Committee were tabled before the Constitutional Assembly on 19th November and 10th December 2016.

The Interim Report of the Steering Committee deals with the remaining six subjects that were not assigned to any Sub-Committee and contains principles and formulations that reflect the deliberations of the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly that met 73 times between April 2016 and September 2017.

Included in the Interim Report are observations and comments by Members of the Steering Committee on the principles and formulations contained in the Report.

The first sitting of the Constitutional Assembly held on 5th April 2016, and the 21-member Steering Committee chaired by the Prime Minister Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, was appointed.