President Gotabaya Rajapaksa pledges to give up most of his executive powers but stops short of yielding to demands for his resignation over Sri Lanka's political and economic crisis
Protesters have camped outside the president's seafront office in the capital Colombo for more than a month to press him into standing down.
"I will name a prime minister who will command a majority in parliament and the confidence of the people," Rajapaksa said in a televised speech. Rajapaksa's pledge to reinstate the amendment would deprive him of the ability to control senior appointments to the public service, police, elections office and judiciary.Sri Lanka has suffered through months of lengthy blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and other vital goods after running out of foreign exchange to pay for imports.
Protesters have camped outside the president's seafront office in the capital Colombo for more than a month to press him into standing down.
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