A gazette notification on the 19th Amendment to the Constitution has been published.

Government Printer Gamini Fonseka said that the gazette notice was issued on Monday night.

Thereby, powers vested with the Executive President was amended according to the proposed constitutional amendment which was approved by the Cabinet at an emergency cabinet meeting on Sunday.

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