22 A likely to become topic at European Round Table: Kavinda
– Member of Parliament Dr. Kavinda Jayawardena, who addressed the European roundtable on protecting political parties from foreign interference, said the newly enacted 22nd Amendment could become a topic at the conference on Tuesday.Dr. Kavinda Jayawardena, MP for the Gampaha District, will participate as an invited speaker at the international roundtable “Political Parties under Pressure – How to Strengthen the Resilience of Parties against Malign Influence from Third Actors,” to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, 29 September 2026.The event is organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) together with the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP). It brings together representatives of European political foundations, experts from EU institutions and think tanks, and participants from partner regions worldwide.
Dr. Jayawardena will deliver an input statement on the opening panel, which examines the challenges that political parties inside and outside Europe face from malign influence, including foreign information manipulation and interference, covert financing, cyber operations and disinformation campaigns. He will present a Sri Lankan perspective on these threats and on strengthening democratic institutions