Sri Lanka, Jan. 23 -- Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa have agreed on the appointments of civil society representatives to the Constitutional Council (CC).

Accordingly, Prof. Wasantha Seneviratne, Austin Fernando, and Ranjith Ariyaratne have been proposed for the positions.

Senior Professor (Chair) Wasantha Seneviratne currently serves as the Chair Professor of Public and International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo.

An Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka since 1995, she is also the Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR), a leading research institute affiliated with the University of Colombo.

Former presidential secretary Austin Fernando j...