(UTV|COLOMBO) – Leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), Minister Rishad Bathiudeen extended his congratulations to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on his victory in No-Confidence Motion sponsored by the Joint Opposition (JO).
The No-Confidence Motion was tabled by the JO based on 13 facts with the signatures of 55 Parliamentarians.
A total of 122 legislators voted against the Motion after it was debated on Wednesday (04) about eleven-hours in the 225-member Parliament, while 76 legislators voted for and 26 legislators abstained.
Those pledged their support for the Prime Minister included the ACMC led by the Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen.
“We celebrate embarrassing defeat of #NoConfidenceMotion #NoConfidenceSL against you & join pleased #SriLanka ns-time 2 resume delayed #lka #goodgovernance journey!” Minister Bathiudeen tweeted.
#BREAKING ????????congrats 2 Prime Minister .@RW_UNP .@rw_theLeader from .@rbathiudeen & https://t.co/BaWC0Q5kEk-We ????celebrate embarrassing defeat of #NoConfidenceMotion #NoConfidenceSL against you & join pleased #SriLanka ns-time 2 resume delayed #lka #goodgovernance journey! pic.twitter.com/0V4HOeNp3J
— Rishad Bathiudeen (@rbathiudeen) April 4, 2018
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