2023 Budget: Second reading passed in Sri Lanka’s Parliament
Posted by Editor on November 22, 2022 - 6:31 pm
Second reading of the 2023 budget passed in Sri Lanka’s Parliament with a majority of 37 votes when the vote was taken a short while ago.
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said 121 parliamentarians voted in favour of the budget while 84 voted against it.
Meanwhile, MP C.V. Wigneswaran abstained from voting.
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