{"id":75853,"date":"2018-03-21T03:38:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T10:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=75853"},"modified":"2018-03-21T03:38:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T10:38:24","slug":"no-confidence-motion-against-pm-handed-over-to-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/03\/21\/no-confidence-motion-against-pm-handed-over-to-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"No-confidence motion against PM handed over to Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0Yusuf Ariff\u00a0Courtesy Adaderana<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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The motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been handed over to the Speaker of Parliament by MPs representing the Joint Opposition.<\/p>\n

Joint Opposition leader Dinesh Gunawardena handed over the motion to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya at 2.30pm today (21).<\/p>\n

The motion has reportedly been signed by a total of 55 MPs including 51 from the Joint Opposition and 4 MPs from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).<\/p>\n

The SLFP members who have signed include T.B. Ekanayake, Nishantha Muthuhettigama, Susantha Punchinilame and Kader Masthan.<\/p>\n

The SLFP Parliamentary Group had said it would decide on the motion of no-confidence after discussing the points included after it is presented to the Parliament.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile minister of the United National Party (UNP) have said that they would defeat the motion in Parliament.<\/p>\n