Jaffna Municipal Council passed its annual budget-2022 today by three votes after the divided Council decided to put on a vote. Altogether 24 votes were cast in support of the budget while 21 votes were against the budget.
A sprinter faction of 10 councillors elected from Tamil National Peoples Alliance (TPF) that support Mayor V. Manivannan, another ten councillors from Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) and four others from the United National Party (UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party voted in favour of the budget.
Meanwhile, 16 councillors from Tamil National Alliance, three TNPF Councilors and two UNP Counselor's voted against the budget.
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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