No confidence motion against Dilan Perera - UNP
April 18, 2013 01:02 pm
A no confidence motion is set to be brought
forward to the parliament against Foreign Employment Minister Dilan Perera, the
UNP stated today (April 18).
Speaking at a press
conference held today in Colombo, Western Provincial Council UNP member Ajith
P. Perera stated that the Minister had stayed quiet while Rizana Nafeek was put
to death and added that the Minister was only capable of attending Avurudu
parties and conferences abroad instead of look after the interests of Sri
Lankans employed abroad.
Therefore, the UNP
will put forward a no confidence motion against the Minister on May 7 in
parliament, he added.
The Provincial
Councilor stated that 765 Lankans were stranded under a bridge in Jeddah where
a Lankan embassy is closely situated but not even a drink of water has been
provided for the languishing masses.
He questioned the
government as to why a plane could not be sent to Jeddah to bring back the Sri
Lankans suffering there while planes with very few passengers were being
welcomed at the Mattala airport.
