Sri Lanka today embarked on the exercise of making a new Constitution for the country by resolving to convert the current Parliament into a constitutional assembly.

The resolution to draft a new constitution was presented to the parliament by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe this morning at a special session.

Following this, President Maithripala Sirisena addressed the Parliament and called upon all parties to unite to create the 3rd Republican Constitution for the country.

All India Radio News's photo.