The Deputy General Secretary of Parliament Mr. Chaminda Kularatne received the no-confidence motion against Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (Mar. 5).
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella, and Members of Parliament Prof. G.L. Peiris, Rohini Kumari Wijeratne, Hesha Vithanage, Mano Ganesan, Rishad Bathiudeen, M.A. Sumanthiran, S.M. Marikkar, Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Thalatha Atukorale, Vijitha Herath, and Chandima Weerakkody were among the 44 lawmakers who signed it.
Regarding Sections 13, 17, 20, 33 (6), 34 (1), 35 (1), 21, 22, and 33 of the Online Safety Bill, the no-confidence motion claims that the Speaker disregarded the Supreme Court's recommendations.
In addition, ignoring the Chief Opposition Whip’s request for a split during the Committee Stage and permitting the Third Reading of the Online Safety Bill to pass without a vote are among other allegations.
The opposition MPs also have drawn attention to the what they call Speaker’s “unconstitutional and unlawful” use of his deciding vote to support IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon’s nomination in the event that the other members of the Constitutional Council were evenly divided on the issue.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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