Fate of Ravi Karunanayake on 8th June 2016?

A no confidence motion on Ravi Karunanayake, Finance Minister was signed by joint opposition, which included 37 SLFP Members of Parliament  was handed over to the Speaker. It was scheduled to be taken up for debate in Parliament on 8th June 2016.

The TNA  will meet on 7th June and decide the stunt it will take on the no confidence motion. The JVP declared that their decision will be taken on the 8th june 2016, The SLMC,ACMC, Jathika Hela Urumaya are expected to vote  against the  no confidence motion. Joint opposition is working hard to distract some of the SLFP Government members towards them during voting . Joint opposition is meeting tomorrow under the leadership of Mahinda to decide the stunt.

On the other hand , the Government also has taken steps to ensure defeat of this no confidence motion. All government MPs have been banned from travelling abroad, as a no-confidence motion against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake is due to be taken up in Parliament on 8 June.

The Chief Government Whip’s office has instructed all government MPs to be present in the House on 8 June and the President and Prime Minister have personally called several MPs who were to go abroad.

However , several government MPs have openly criticized several decisions taken by Karunanayake. The President and Prime Minister have attempted to prevent any government MP from voting against the Finance Minister.

In the meantime,Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday said the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) brought against him, which will be debated in Parliament on 8th, will also test the government’s popularity.

In the no confidence motion, Ravi Karunanayake alleged to have misled the Parliament with false information and lost the confidence along with falling foreign reserves, failure on economic development and foreign investors lost confidence in investing in Srilanka.

The Joint Opposition is insane enough to bring in such a No-Confidence Motion at a time like this, when we are concentrating on developing the country, but it is also good, as it would test the popularity of the government and ourselves,” Karunanayake said.

Will Ravi Karunanayake survive from this no confidence motion?.