GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sri Lanka is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Sri Lanka is both head of state and head of government, and it relies on a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) is an island in the Indian Ocean approximately 28 kilometers (18 mi.) off the southeastern coast of India with a population of about 19 million.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) (Sinhala: ‍ , romanized: Śrī Lankā Rajaya; Tamil: ) is a parliamentary system determined by the Sri Lankan Constitution.

Detailed explanation-4: -Socialist parties, especially the Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party, have played a major role in the country’s history from the time of the Sri Lankan Independence movement. Socialist ideology shaped the principal economic and social policies of Sirimavo Bandaranaike and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party during the 1970s.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1978 Jayewardene introduced a new constitution making Sri Lanka a presidential ‘Democratic Socialist’ republic, with himself as executive President The Constitution of Sri Lanka: Chapter I – The People, the State and Sovereignity.