Colombo district MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has decided to resign from the Constitutional Council. Rajapaksa is to send a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe expressing his intent to resign from the Constitutional Council
He was appointed to the Council on the recommendation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and it comprises ten members.
He was appointed to the council on September 9, 2015 and his term ends on September 9, 2018.