We therefore, through our freely elected representatives, adopt this Constitution as the supreme law of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka so as to:
Ngako-ke, ngekumelelwa titfunywa tetfu letikhetfwe ngekukhululeka, siyawamukela loMtset- fosisekelo njengemtsetfo lophakeme kunayo yonkhe eRiphabhulikhi ngenjongo -