Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekera, addressing a cabinet briefing today (14) admitted that the new government did not have the majority in Parliament.
However, he said that neither does the UNP have a majority either.
Meanwhile, Cabinet spokesman Mahinda Samarasinghe at the same brefing said President Maithripala Sirisena will take action based on the constitution after having received a copy of the no-confidence motion.
He added that Mahinda Rajapaksa will remain as Prime Minister until the President appoints a new Prime Minister and issues a gazette notification to that effect.
The no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was signed by 122 MPs and handed over by the JVP to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya this afternoon.
Accordingly, Speaker Jayasuriya submitted a copy of the document to the President earlier today (Nov 14)
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
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