{"id":163533,"date":"2016-06-07T01:08:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=163533"},"modified":"2016-06-07T01:08:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:38:36","slug":"joint-opposition-says-ravi-ks-no-confidence-is-a-litmus-test-for-slfp-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/joint-opposition-says-ravi-ks-no-confidence-is-a-litmus-test-for-slfp-mps\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Opposition Says Ravi K\u2019s No Confidence Is A Litmus Test For SLFP MPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Joint+Opposition&amp;x=9&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Joint Opposition<\/span><\/a>\u00a0says that the no confidence motion against Finance Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ravi+Karunanayake&amp;x=13&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ravi Karunanayake<\/span><\/a> is going to be a litmus test for SLFP Parliamentarians.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_157279\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/recognize-us-for-the-sake-of-the-peoples-right-dullas\/dullas-alahapperuma\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-157279\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157279\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-157279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dullas-Alahapperuma--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dullas Alahapperuma\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dullas-Alahapperuma--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dullas-Alahapperuma--50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-157279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dullas Alahapperuma<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a statement last night, Chief Organiser of the Joint Opposition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Dullas+Alahapperuma&amp;x=7&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dullas Alahapperuma<\/span><\/a> said that Karunanayake was working against the SLFP\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, the no confidence motion against Ravi Karunanayake on June 8th will also test the conscience of the SLFP members in Parliament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that the SLFP Parliamentarians who contested under the UPFA banner received 4.8 million votes; therefore Wednesday will be a test to see if they will work in accordance to their conscience or against it.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded how the UNP-SLFP government were continuing to slap the masses with various taxes, which has put them in severe difficulty. &#8220;I ask our friends who represent the government are you truly happy with the taxes that are been slapped on the people, are you in support of the increasing cost of living, and are you in support of the eroding economy?,\u201d Alahapperuma questioned in his statement.<\/p>\n<p>He advised government parliamentarians to not hesitate and vote in support of the no confidence motion against Karunanayake on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":157279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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