report in The Island, Jan 1, 2023Thursday’s meeting of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to appoint three civil society members for the Constitutional Council ended in a stalemate further delaying the appointments of independent commissions, parliamentary sources said. Speaker Abeywardena said that the meeting held at the Parliamentary complex ended without reaching any decision.He said that the Constitutional Council cannot function properly until all the members are…