Sri Lankan Parliament Votes to Cut Finances to PM’s Office

Sri Lankan Parliament Votes to Cut Finances to PM’s Office

Colombo7: A majority of Sri Lankan legislators on Thursday voted in favour of a special motion presented to Parliament to halt the finances provided to the Prime Minister’s office amid the current political instability. A total of 123 legislators out of the 225-member Parliament voted in favour of the motion which was presented by Ravi Karunanayake, a parliamentarian from the United National Party (UNP), which is led by ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Legislators from the minority Tamil National Alliance and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna also voted in favour of the motion, Xinhua news agency reported. Sri Lanka Freedom Party legislator, S.B. Dissanayake, who is part of Rajapaksa’s new government, said they would not accept the vote on the special motion as only a minister could put forward such a motion after Cabinet approval was obtained. (IANS)

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