The report of the Delimitation Committee for the Delimitation of Electorates in Provincial Councils in Parliament was rejected outright by Parliament with all 139 votes.
Members of the UNP, SLFP-Maithri Faction, Joint Opposition and TNA voted against the report rejecting the holding provincial council elections under the mixed electoral system. JVP was absent in the vote.
The vote came at the end of a day long debate.
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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.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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