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SJB to discuss NCM with SLFP, CWC 

18 Apr 2022

  • JVP requests motion’s contents prior to decision
BY Dinitha Rathnayake The main Parliamentary Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), is ready to discuss with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) regarding the no-confidence motion (NCM) mooted by the former against the Government. SJB National Organiser MP Tissa Attanayake, speaking to The Morning, said that the no-confidence motion will be presented to Parliament this week, before which the SJB would have a discussion on the motion with the relevant parties.  Both the SLFP and the CWC noted that the SJB had not taken this motion to a round table where they needed the other parties’ support in Parliament in order to vote against the Government.  Speaking to The Morning, former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said that they will support the public inside the Parliament and outside, in order to chase this Government.  “First, we need to know about the content of the motion, as if not, we are unable to support the motion.”  Parties including the CWC and the SLFP noted that the SJB had not discussed the contents of the no-confidence motion with them, and that the CWC had already decided not to support the said no-confidence motion. A decision was taken at a recent meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Parliamentary Affairs Chaired by the Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, to convene Parliament from today (19) to 22 April.


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