The no confidence motion submitted to the Parliament by the opposition against the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has been defeated by 42 votes yesterday(21).
At the vote 117 MP's voted against the motion and 75 voted in favor of it .The motion was debated todays prior to the vote.
A female Police Seargent was killed after a Truck had passed her whilst crossing the road through a pedestal crossing in malabada junction at Mathugama area(Western Province) yesterday(20) it has been reported.
The deceased female Police Seargent was attached to Mathugama Police snd a resident of Dodamgoda area it has been revealed.
Three more Parliamentarians including the leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) and National Peoples Power(NPP) Anura Kumaa,Dissanayake had resigned from the COPE( Committee on Public Enterprises )yesterday (20) citing that the Committee has collapsed after appointing Government MP Rohitha,Abeygunawardane as it's new chairman.
Accordingly JVP/NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake,Anuradhapura District MP of Sri Lanka Progressive Party(SLPP)Duminda Dissanayake and Kandy District MP of SLPP Wasantha Yapa Bandara were resigned from COPE increasing the number of MP's resigned fr om the Committee to 10.There are 31 members in the Committee. .
Police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse a protest campaign Organized by the People's Struggle Movement at Colombo,Pettah area last evening (20) against the Economic Burden faced by the people and demanding the government's immediate intervention to. prevent the selling of National assets.
Police have arrested 22 protesters during the protest it has been reported
The two day Parliamentary debate on the no Confidence Motion submitted to the Parliament by the main opposition against the Speaker Mahinda yapa Abeywardena had commenced yesterday(19).
The no confidence
The motion alleges that the speaker disregarded the recommendations made by the Supreme Court regarding various sections of the online safety bill and speaker had unconstitutionally used his decisive vote to confirm the appointment of IGP Deshabandu Thennakoon despite a split decision within the Constitutional Council.
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