State Minister signs no-confidence motion against Premier

17 Mar, 2018

State Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms T B Ekanayake says he signed the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

A member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party,?Ekanayake signed the?no-confidence motion which is to be submitted to Parliament by the joint opposition.

The joint opposition has begun collecting signatures for the?no-confidence motion. (Colombo Gazette)

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