Vote of confidence on RW: Speaker informs Prez

12 December 2018 05:59 pm

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had informed President Maithripala Sirisena that Parliament had duly approved the vote of confidence on UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today, a statement from the Speaker’s office said.

“The Speaker informed President Sirisena that the confidence vote was duly debated in the House and was approved by an electronic vote by 117 members, as per 47(2) B of the Standing Orders,” the statement said.

“The motion was in the order books for five days as per Standing Order 27(3),” the statement added.( Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana)