"Motion to be withdrawn if PM resigns"

No-confidence motion to be withdrawn if Ranil resigns - Nishantha Muthuhettigamage

by Staff Writer 03-04-2018 | 12:12 PM
COLOMBO (News 1st) - Ports and Shipping Deputy Minister Nishantha Muthuhettigamage says if Ranil Wickremesinghe resigns from his office, the no-confidence motion will be withdrawn. He made the above comment yesterday (03 April), after a SLFP parliamentary member meeting held with President Sirisena at his official residence. The Joint Opposition in Parliament handed over the no-confidence motion to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on March 21, and it will be taken up for debate tomorrow (April 04).