Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today (29) acknowledged that the Government should accept responsibility for the defeat of the Expenditure Heads of two Ministries last evening.
By Sandun Jayawardana
Most Expenditure Heads of the Ministry of Internal & Home Affairs and Provincial Councils & Local Government and all Expenditure Heads of the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development were defeated yesterday after a group of United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MPs affiliated to the "Joint Opposition" unexpectedly asked for a vote.
Mr Wickremesinghe told Parliament that the Government lost the votes yesterday as not enough MPs were present in the House at the time. "The poor attendance of MPs was a fault on our part. We will get those Expenditure Heads passed after making the necessary amendments," he stated
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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