INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) says its parliamentarians will refrain from voting in the Interim Budget 2022 this
evening.SJB MP Thushara Indunil stated this while speaking to the media this morning
Peiris revealed that the group of MPs from Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), who recently decided to sit in the opposition, has also
decided to boycott the interim budget vote.Earlier this week, 13 SLPP MPs Prof
Peiris, Dullas Alahapperuma, Prof
Gunapala Rathnasekara, Dilan Perera, Udayana Kirindigoda, Wasantha Yapa Bandara, Upul Galappaththi, Thilak Rajapakshe, K.P.S
Kumarasiri and Lalith Ellawala announced that they would break away from the ruling party and sit independently on the opposition benches in
convened this afternoon.President Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies,
delivered the Interim Budget 2022 or the second reading of the Appropriation (Amendment) Bill when the parliament convened at 1.00 p.m
on August 30.On August 31 and September 01, the parliament debated the second reading of Interim Budget 2022
The debate will continue the debate until 4.30 p.m
today, after which the Bill is slated to be passed after the committee stage and third reading.
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