2024 Budget passed with majority of 41 votes

13 December 2023 06:48 pm Views - 1209

Parliament, Dec. 13 (Daily Mirror)- The third reading of the 2024 Budget was passed in Parliament today with a majority of 41 votes.

Accordingly, 122 members voted in favour while 81 voted against it.

TNA leader R. Sampanthan abstained from voting.

Ruling party member Daina Gamage, SJB MPs Sujith Sanjaya Perera and Rohana Bandara, who were suspended from parliament sittings for one month, were allowed to vote in the third reading of the budget.

Government MP Roshan Ranasinghe voted against the budget.