Third Reading Of The Budget Has Been Passed With Majority Of 109 Votes

The third reading of the Annual Budget-2016 has been passed today(19) with majority of 109 votes.At the vote 160 MP'S Voted  in favor of the Budget while 51 voted against it.

The  leftist Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and several United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) MP's of the Joint Opposition had voted against the Budget .

MP's of the Tamil National Alliance(TNA),Leader of the EPDP Douglas Devananda ,Leader Of The Ceylon Workers Congress Arumugam Thondaman and UPFA MP Lakshman Seneviratne have been voted in favor of the Budget along with Governing United National Party(UNP) MP's and UPFA MP's belonging to the Government.