The 'death of democracy' - that's how Sri Lanka's opposition, United National Party, has described a constitutional vote to give more power to the president. Sri Lanka's parliament has approved a raft of changes to the country's constitution, allow president Mahinda Rajapaksa to seek a third term and remove some of the checks on executive power. But according to Gordon Weiss - a former senior official with the United Natioms in Sri Lanka - democracy has been dying there for some time.
Presenter: Sen Lam
Speaker: Gordon Weiss, former senior United Nations official in Sri Lanka

 

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