An exchange of ideas on this regard has reportedly taken place during discussions with legal experts who are drafting a new constitution.

According to the new draft constitution, a President is not elected to power by the public but named by Parliament, reports add.

President guarantees

Meanwhile, speaking yesterday (31), President Maithripala Sirisena yet again pledged to replace executive presidency with a system that empowers parliament and the cabinet instead.

"The public has continued to protest against executive presidency which commenced since the 1978 constitution. Many a time, it was pledged to abolish executive presidency. Such pledges stated in the Mahinda

Chinthana manifesto in 2005 and 2010 were also not fulfilled. However, I came to power to remove these unlimited powers from the portfolio of the President and this was clearly stated in the very first article of our manifesto," he said.