{"id":195689,"date":"2018-11-14T13:13:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T07:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=195689"},"modified":"2018-11-14T23:23:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T17:53:54","slug":"speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Officially Confirms No Confidence Motion Against Mahinda Rajapaksa Adopted By Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya<\/a> confirmed officially that the No Confidence Motion against fake Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/a> has been adopted by Parliament, this morning.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

He also confirmed that 122 MPs in Parliament have signed the motion and he had received it. Copies of the motion and the signatures of MPs would be sent to President Maithripala Sirisena, for further action, he said.<\/p>\n

Explaining the proceedings this morning, Speaker Jayasuriya said TNA Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran presented a motion to suspend Standing Orders allowing the House to proceed with the No Confidence Vote.<\/p>\n

The Speaker said the No Confidence Motion was moved by JVP Parliamentarians Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Vijith Herath. the UNP, the JVP. the TNA, the TPA and three MPs of the UPFA namely A.H. Fowzie, Manusha Nanayakkara and Piyasena Gamage also supported the No Confidence Motion.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, the MPs who voted in favour of the NCM also signed a motion reconfirming their position and handed it over to the Speaker.\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":170215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\nSpeaker Officially Confirms No Confidence Motion Against Mahinda Rajapaksa Adopted By Parliament - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Speaker Officially Confirms No Confidence Motion Against Mahinda Rajapaksa Adopted By Parliament - Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[…]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-14T07:43:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-14T17:53:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Karu-Jayasuriya.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"639\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"429\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/\",\"name\":\"Speaker Officially Confirms No Confidence Motion Against Mahinda Rajapaksa Adopted By Parliament - Colombo Telegraph\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Karu-Jayasuriya.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-14T07:43:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-14T17:53:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Karu-Jayasuriya.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Karu-Jayasuriya.jpg\",\"width\":639,\"height\":429},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Speaker Officially Confirms No Confidence Motion Against Mahinda Rajapaksa Adopted By Parliament\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\",\"name\":\"Colombo Telegraph\",\"description\":\"In journalism truth is a process\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\",\"name\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/author\/colombo_telegraph\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Speaker Officially Confirms No Confidence Motion Against Mahinda Rajapaksa Adopted By Parliament - Colombo Telegraph","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Speaker Officially Confirms No Confidence Motion Against Mahinda Rajapaksa Adopted By Parliament - Colombo Telegraph","og_description":"[…]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/","og_site_name":"Colombo Telegraph","article_published_time":"2018-11-14T07:43:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-11-14T17:53:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":639,"height":429,"url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Karu-Jayasuriya.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/","name":"Speaker Officially Confirms No Confidence Motion Against Mahinda Rajapaksa Adopted By Parliament - Colombo Telegraph","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Karu-Jayasuriya.jpg","datePublished":"2018-11-14T07:43:18+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-14T17:53:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Karu-Jayasuriya.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Karu-Jayasuriya.jpg","width":639,"height":429},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-officially-confirms-no-confidence-motion-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-adopted-by-parliament\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Speaker Officially Confirms No Confidence Motion Against Mahinda Rajapaksa Adopted By Parliament"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/","name":"Colombo Telegraph","description":"In journalism truth is a process","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3","name":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH"},"url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/author\/colombo_telegraph\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Karu-Jayasuriya.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195689"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195732,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195689\/revisions\/195732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}