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Government would not act on no-confidence motion: Wijeyadasa

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Government would not take any action on the no-confidence motion signed by 112 Parliamentarians against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakse said today.

“Opposition’s motion would not be taken up for Parliamentary debate, since the UNP based government was authorised to decide whether to take action on it or not,” he said.

“Even a grade two child is able to guess the result if the motion is taken up in Parliament, where the Opposition has the majority,” Mr. Rajapaksa said.

He said the no-confidence motion was useless because President Maithripala had vowed to dissolve Parliament soon.

“The government has acknowledged that 20th Amendment to the Constitution would not get passed if the disruptive behaviour of some Parliamentarians, who are joined with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s political campaign continues,” he said.

However, he said they would allow and support once the Opposition votes in favour to the 20th Amendment.

Speaking about the allegations levelled against the Prime Minister, Mr. Rajapaksa said President Sirisena had earlier said in his manifesto that Ranil Wickremensinghe would be appointed as the Prime Minister. Accordingly, people voted for President Sirisena and opposition’s attempts to unseat the Prime Minister were not appropriate.

He also urged all Parliamentarians to support to get 20th Amendment passed soon without hoodwinking the people. (Piyumi Fonseka)

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