A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Sunday, August 27, 2017
LG elections Bill passed
120 vote for it; 44 including JO MPs abstain; 60 missing
*Sri Lanka Loses Billions, As Frontline Ministers, MPs Use Duty Free Vehicle Permits To Enrich Their Personal Coffers
Local Government Elections (Amendment) bill was passed in Parliament
yesterday with 120 voting for it none against and 44 abstaining.
MPs of the Joint Opposition abstained from voting while the JVP and TNA
MPs voted with the government. Sixty MPs were not present in the chamber
at the time of vote.
Before the final vote was taken for the bill, a vote was taken on an
amendment presented by MEP leader Dinesh Gunawardena seeking permission
for government officers to contest elections. In that vote, Minister W.
D. J. Seneviratne abstained from voting while his erstwhile colleagues
in the Joint Opposition voted for the amendment. The government voted
against it.
The result of the vote for the amendment was 120 for, 44 against and one abstention.
Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister Faiszer Mustapha said
the government officers had been defined in the draft as field officers
such as Samurdhi officials, Grama Niladhari officials and Development
officials. The government would not agree to the amendment forwarded by
MP Gunawardena, he said.
NFF Leader Wimal Weerawansa called for a division on the amendment presented by MP Gunawardena.
Earlier in the day, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had to suspend sittings in
response to a request made by Leader of the House Minister Lakshman
Kiriella. The minister called for the suspension to hold a meeting of
party leaders as Joint Opposition MPs demanded that their amendment be
included. When the House resumed sittings Minister Mustapha presented
amendments to the draft bill.