Sri Lanka President vows to begin Constitution talks in 2026

20 NOVEMBER 2025

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that his government would initiate talks on the promised new Constitution in January 2026.
He also said elections to the Provincial Councils would be held without further delay, although he did not provide a timeline for the same.
Although the five-year terms of Sri Lanka’s nine Provincial Councils expired between 2017 and 2019, elections are yet to be held.
It was the first time that the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) — prominent Tamil party with eight MPs in the current Parliament — met President Dissanayake on the pending political solution to Sri Lanka’s national question.