The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 41 32 [CHAPTER VII A THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL 41A. (1) There shall be a Constitutional Council (in this Chapter referred to as the “Council”) which shall consist of the following members:– Constitution of the Constitutional Council (a) the Prime Minister; (b) the Speaker; (c) the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament; (d) one Member of Parliament appointed by the President; (e) five persons appointed by the President, upon being nominated as follows:(i) one Member of Parliament nominated by agreement of the majority of the Members of Parliament representing the Government; (ii) one Member of Parliament nominated by agreement of the majority of the Members of Parliament of the political party or independent group to which the Leader of the Opposition belongs; and (iii) three persons nominated by the Speaker by agreement of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition; and (f) one Member of Parliament nominated by agreement of the Members of Parliament other than those representing the Government and those belonging to the political party or independent group to which the Leader of the Opposition belongs, and appointed by the President. 32 - Chapter VII A substituted by the Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 2.