An educational Program towards building up a People based Constitution On 13th January 2022
educational Workshop organized by the Movement for the formation of People based
Constitution, under the theme of “Let us build a social movement to initiate
the process of People based Constitution” was held at the Auditorium of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement on 13th
January 2022.This program was of three main sessions. First session in identifying
the current crisis and its root causes
was facilitated by Mr. Herman
Kumara and Mr. Britto Fernando. In this
session the crisis and its impacts
were analyzed from the Economic
perspectives by Dr. R.S. Samarathunge, the need of initiating
a people based consultative process for a
new constitution in order to respond to this crisis was shared by Mr.Basil
Fernando (Attorney at Law @ AHRC)via Zoom as well as a way forward in
overcoming this crisis was shared by Mr.Victor Ivan( Senior Journalist/Former
Ravaya Editor) . There was an open discussion as a response to these
presentations.
Deepika Udugama joined the floor via Zoom and shared her reflections on the
need and value of the people based Constitution at this moment and a short
video by Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda on the meaning and the formation process
of people movement was screened. Based on
the above inputs the second session, an open dialogue on the formation
of a people movement in building a people based Constitution was carried out.
Mr.Saman Seneviratne and Mrs.Thamara Dayani facilitated this second session.
The
third session on exploring the
possibilities and avenues of legal aids and proceedings as response to
this crisis. It was facilitated by
Mr.Vincent Bulathasinhala (Attorney at Law) along with a panel of eminent lawyers.
The main focus was to look for the legal justification and filing of a court
case or number of cases based on the
cries and appeals of the people in general, who are being victimized day by day under this evolving crisis. A brief
introduction on the possible legal proceedings was shared by Mr. Basil Fernando
, the importance of collective effort and filing of court cases as a group
based on the burning issues of people was shared by Mr.Sreenath Perera
(Presidential Counselor) and the possibility of proceeding with a
court case to overcome this crisis through a rectification process within the
legal framework while exploring the possibilities of obtaining help from
different persons and sectors , was also
shared by Mr.Janaka Edirisinghe (Attorney at Law) . The days program was
concluded with recapturing of the days proceedings and identifying the possible follow up actions.
