Speaker Karu Jayasuriya's office in a statement has said that the Speaker will notify President Maithripala Sirisena regarding the no-confidence motion aginst Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa which was submitted with 122 signatories earlier today.
Issuing a press release, the Speaker noted that the no-confidence motion was passed in Parliament after a majority of MPs raised their hands in favour of the same.
Further the Speaker would take steps to send the a letter to President Sirisena to the effect that the newly sworn in Prime Minister and the Cabinet sworn in by him are unconstitutional and for the President to act accordingly.
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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