Party leaders decide not to use electronic voting on no-confidence
March 28, 2018 12:22 pm
Party leaders have decided not to use the Parliament’s electronic voting system for the impending vote on the motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The decision was taken during the special party leaders’ meeting held this morning (28), Deputy Speaker Thilanga Sumathipala said.
Accordingly, the regular method of voting by voice it to be utilized for the division on the motion.
The Electronic Voting System was introduced and trialed in the Sri Lankan Parliament in 2016 with the method being used for the first time in the House on July 25 last year when a division was taken for the Third Reading of the “Foreign Exchange Bill”.
Parliamentarians representing the Joint Opposition handed over the no-confidence motion, signed by 55 MPs including 4 from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), to the Speaker last week while it will be taken up for debate in Parliament on April 4.
