Parliament passes Emergency with 118 votes [October 19 2010]

By Uditha KUMARASINGHE in Parliament

The Parliament passed the extension of State of Emergency by a majority of 99 votes today.When the voting was taken at the Parliamentary Complex at Sri Jayewardenepura a short while ago, a total of 118 parliamentarians voted in favor of the extension of emergency regulations while 19 members against.

UNP, TNA and DNF voted against the extension of Emergency. However, Badulla District UNP MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara did not follow his party colleagues and abstained from voting.