Speaker’s dilemma
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Sri Lanka’s parliamentary business committee is scheduled to meet on Friday the 16th to decide how to proceed with a no-confidence motion against Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne, according to Lankadeepa.
Lankadeepa reports that the Samagi Jana Balawegaya opposition party submitted the motion. The committee is expected to determine the arrangements for debating it; the reports do not state a debate date or provide details of the motion’s grounds.
The Island also reports that the opposition has submitted a no-confidence motion against the Speaker, but its supplied report gives no further details about the committee’s timetable or the motion.
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