No confidence motion against Dilan defeated 136-32
[May 07 2013]

<P>by Uditha Kumarasinghe

<P>The no confidence motion brought by the UNP against Minister Dilan Perera was defeated by a majority of 104 votes in the Parliament today.
A total of 136 members in the UPFA coalition voted against the motion while the UNPs motion against Minister Perera received only 32. 

<P>UNP and JVP parliamentarians voted for the motion while TNA MPs were not present at the time of voting.