All Members of Parliament (MPs) were today asked to have their fingerprints recorded as the House prepares to switch to an electronic voting system from the present verbal system of taking a vote.
Deputy Speaker Thilanga Sumathipala asked all MPs to co-operate with the Secretary General of Parliament and his staff in recording the fingerprints.
A new sounds system as well as an electronic voting system has been installed in the Chamber and the electronic voting system will be tested when the vote on the Second Reading of the Budget is taken on November 18.
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Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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