Cabinet approval to prepare bill for National Security Council

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The Cabinet of Ministers on Monday approved to direct the legal draftsman to prepare a Bill enabling the National Security Council to be legislated by an Act in Parliament.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe tabled the proposal in response to a Supreme Court order issued on 12 January regarding the matter. In its judgement issued on 12 January 2023, the Supreme Court also suggested the necessity to form the National Security Council on a Constitutional basis and with a clear composition.

Since 1999, the National Defence Council of Sri Lanka has served as the preliminary executive organisation to advise the President on subjects about national defence and to coordinate local, international, economic, and military strategies in this regard.

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