Current COVID Bill needs Two Thirds Referendum - Speaker The Supreme Court has determined that several Clauses of the Bill titled Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) (Temporary Provisions) are inconsistent with the Constitution and need amendments, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced in Parliament yesterday. The SC had stated that the Bill, in its current form, requires a special majority in Parliament and the approval of the people at a referendum. The Speaker announced as follows: I wish to announce that I have received the determination of the Supreme Court in respect of the Bill titled Coronavirus Disease 2019(Covid-19) (Temporary Provisions) which has been challenged in the Supreme Court in terms of Article 121 (1) of the Constitution. A three Judge Bench has adjudicated on the matter and two Judges have determined as follows:- 1) Clauses 2,3,4,6,7 and 10 of the Bill read together with the definition of Covid-19 circumstance in Clause 12 of the Bill are inconsistent with Articles 3 and 4 (c) of the Constitution and could be validly passed only with the special majority Provided for in Article 84(2) of the Constitution and approved by the People at a referendum.