Government confident of victory
The vote on the Second Reading of the Budget will
take place in Parliament today. The leaders of all political parties
have requested their Members to be present in the Chamber when the
vote is taken.
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Tiger Leader wants TNA MPs to return and vote against Budget
Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians have
been ordered to be back in Sri Lanka and be present today in
Parliament to vote against President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Budget
2008.
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Govt spokesman quashes rumours of vote buying
Speculation was rife in political circles
yesterday that certain Western ambassadors were trying to ‘buy’
Government MPs to vote against the Budget today and that several MPs
had been approached by the envoys or their representatives in this
regard.
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