Parliament sitting suspended following tense situ.

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Parliament sitting was suspended following a tense situation today when opposition MPs protested against yesterday’s vote on the supplementary estimate of Rs. 55 million.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya convened a party leaders meeting after the tense situation and a four-member committee headed by Opposition leader R. Sampanthan was appointed to look into yesterday’s vote.

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Coconut Republic Friday, 06 May 2016 12:10 PM

Mr speaker, can you exercise your authority, instead of passing the buck.

nalaka Friday, 06 May 2016 12:21 PM

suspend MRs gang

Man Friday, 06 May 2016 01:50 PM

Rogues or joint opposition in action. Why no action against them, for disrupting parliament speeches, etc. ?

Narayana Friday, 06 May 2016 02:12 PM

We should reove PIN MP who lost their seat at election

dulan Friday, 06 May 2016 03:02 PM

No wonder when the punishment for assaulting each other is so mild

Amir Friday, 06 May 2016 09:30 PM

It is disgraceful to see our politicians behave like this in parliament. When Mahinda was in power we never have had any problem like this because these lot were with MAHINDA. These lots are uneducated thugs.

TONY Friday, 06 May 2016 09:47 PM

THIS IS BECOMING A HABIT WITH JO TRYING TO DICTATE TERMS. WHY NO COMMENTS BY MR

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