Sri Lanka Parliament passes another no-confidence motion against new govt

Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Friday passed another no Confidence motion against the new government of Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, for the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, entered the floor of the House protected behind dozens of police officials as MPs from Mr Rajapaksa side disrupted the house and delayed the proceedings.

The session was delayed for over 30 minutes as government MPs had begun a protest surrounding the Speaker’s chair and an MP occupying the Speaker’s seat.

They had begun the protest, calling for the immediate arrest of two MPs from the United National Party (UNP), for



bringing in knives into the Parliament a day earlier.

President Maithripala Sirisena, issuing a statement on his official Twitter account urged all parliamentarians to uphold the principles of democracy and parliamentary traditions at all times.

He also said he will not prorogue Parliament under any circumstances.

Ousted Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said they have the majority and can form government.