Dinesh suspended from Parliament for a week
Posted by Editor on March 8, 2017 - 7:11 pm
MP Dinesh Gunawardane had been suspended for one week today by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya due to unruly behaviour during the Parliamentary sessions.
The decision was taken by the Speaker following a vote.
During the vote, 85 members voted in favour, 22 against. Three members abstained. The TNA voted with the Government members, while JVP abstained. However, 114 members were absent.
The Speaker called the Police and Sergeant at Arms to remove the MP.
Parliament sessions were suspended three times today.
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The voices of democracy are being extinguished by a repressive regime.
Dinesh has been outed from parliament. Wimal is being incarcerated indefinitely.
Who is running the Parliament? Is it the spineless speaker or the Prime Minister?
It is time the UPFA withdrew its support for the repressive regime and sit on the opposition benches. MR will then be the leader of the Opposition and not the Dravida Party Leader.