The activist monk will hold the fast at the Independence Square in Colombo after a massive march organized today to urge all parties to support the Amendment.

The parliament will commence debate on the 19th Amendment when it convenes today. A vote is expected to be taken Tomorrow at the end of the two-day debate.

Various organizations that supported the Common Candidate at the 2015 presidential elections have organized the march in support of the 19th Amendment. The organizer's invite citizens to gather at 9.30 a.m. near the N.M. Perera statue at the Ayurveda Junction.

The main constitutional proposals of the 19th Amendment include the transformation of the Presidential form of government to a Presidential-Parliamentary system of government reducing the powers of the executive presidency and the restoration of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution.