Thread by @Economynext

.@CabinetSL decisions today, stay tuned for live updates in the thread below.

#SriLanka #SLNews

All agreed to reform the constitution according to the 19th Amendment. But by understanding its weaknesses and taking the best of the 19A and the 20A, has resulted in the making of the 22 amendment. - Wijedasa Rajapaksa @CabinetSL #LKNews

Laws against corruption have been finished being drafted in 2018 and will be presented @ParliamentLK to for approval. - Wijedasa Rajapaksa @CabinetSL #LKNews

According to 19A, when a minister resigns the Ministries Secretary will also resign. However, with the new reform, we have suggested the secretary will continue to work until a new Secretary is appointed at a time when a Minister resigns or is being removed.- Wijedasa Rajapaksa

According to the Kandyan Law, the bride needs the approval of the parents, but it is against the basic rights law, thus a cabinet paper was presented to change it. - Wijedasa Rajapaksa @CabinetSL #SLNews #Kandy

A draft with the amendments to the Muslim Law of Marriage will be presented @ParliamentLK for approval. @CabinetSL #SLNews

No vehicles can be imported yet. But if an expat is sending more than 3000 USD, those people can get an electric motorcycle for half of its retail price and if they send a higher sum then they can import two wheel vehicles for the half of that price. - @nanayakkara77 #SLNews

.@BandulaDr – @CabinetSL has given the approval to import apparel industry accessories duty-free. #SLNews

@BandulaDr stated that State workers are to resume work on Fridays, after successful turnouts in Sri Lanka's newly implemented QR system for fuel. - @CabinetSL

People who have more than 10,000 USD will be given a month's time to open an RFC account or another account to deposit that money and can exchange it into rupees. A circular will be issued today or tomorrow by the Ministry of Finance. - @BandulaDr #SLNews @CabinetSL

The government doesn't like to send female workers for household work. We will implement it and will try to send expatriate workers as employment trainees for better payments in the future. - @nanayakkara77 #SLNews @CabinetSL

We had around 171,000 migrant workers by August 01 and we have more than 1 million expatriate workers so far and we only have around 3000 complaints. - @nanayakkara77 #SLNews @CabinetSL

Overall @CabinetSL decisions approved and discussed today. #SLNews #CabinetSL