{"id":166316,"date":"2016-08-11T15:29:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T09:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=166316"},"modified":"2016-08-11T15:34:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T10:04:48","slug":"office-of-missing-persons-bill-passed-in-parliament-without-a-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/office-of-missing-persons-bill-passed-in-parliament-without-a-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Office Of Missing Persons Bill Passed In Parliament Without A Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Office+of+the+Missing+Persons&amp;x=11&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Office of the Missing Persons<\/span><\/a> Bill\u00a0which was scheduled to be taken up for vote tomorrow, was passed in Parliament today afternoon without a vote but incorporating certain amendments.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78803\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-accused-of-ongoing-torture-calls-for-uk-to-withdraw-from-chogm\/a-sri-lankan-tamil-woman-holds-a-portrait-of-a-missing-relative\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78803\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78803\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-78803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/A-Sri-Lankan-Tamil-woman-008-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"File photo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/A-Sri-Lankan-Tamil-woman-008-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/A-Sri-Lankan-Tamil-woman-008-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Bill was passed amidst continuing verbal protests by members of the Joint Opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The Bill paves the way to establish an Office of Missing Persons, despite protest by the Joint Opposition against the Bill today when it was taken up for debate in the morning in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Opposition today protested against the Bill claiming that it contains dangerous provisions and can be a risk to the country\u2019s national security and it\u2019s unity.<\/p>\n<p>The protest also led to Parliament being adjourned temporarily for a few minutes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/betraying-the-armed-forces-through-the-office-of-missing-persons\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In a statement earlier, Rajapaksa said<\/span><\/a> that every Member of Parliament who votes for the Bill will be held responsible for \u2018betraying the country and the armed forces.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":78803,"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-166316","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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