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Sri Lanka's Finance Minister survives no-confidence vote

Xinhua, June 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

COLOMBO, June 9 (Xinhua) - Sri Lanka's Finance Minister survived from a no-confidence vote which has been critical of his policies by the opposition in Parliament on Thursday.

The no-confidence motion on Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake was defeated in Parliament by 94 votes.

145 members of Parliament voted against the motion while 51 members approved and 28 members were absent.

The "joint opposition" is consisting by some members of the ruling party and the Marxist people's liberation front voted for the motion.

Karunanayake, who takes up the Finance Minister from January 2015, has been blamed for Sri Lankas economic downfall which forced the country to obtain foreign loans.

The government has defended the Minister saying that the economy suffered from a huge debt owing to policies of the former government. Endit