国际英语资讯:Sri Lanka Parliament passes vote of confidence on ousted PM
<p><span word="COLOMBO">COLOMBO</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 12-- <span word="Sri">Sri</span> <span word="Lanka">Lanka</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Parliament">Parliament</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="confidence">confidence</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="ousted">ousted</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Ranil">Ranil</span> <span word="Wickremesinghe">Wickremesinghe</span> <span word="with">with</span> 117 <span word="lawmakers">lawmakers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> 225-<span word="member">member</span> <span word="Parliament">Parliament</span> <span word="voting">voting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="favor">favor</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="incumbent">incumbent</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Mahinda">Mahinda</span> <span word="Rajapaksa">Rajapaksa</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="parliamentarians">parliamentarians</span> <span word="loyal">loyal</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="boycotted">boycotted</span> <span word="sessions">sessions</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="consecutive">consecutive</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="alleging">alleging</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Speaker">Speaker</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Parliament">Parliament</span> <span word="Karu">Karu</span> <span word="Jayasuriya">Jayasuriya</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="acting">acting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="favor">favor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Wickremesinghe">Wickremesinghe</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Party">Party</span> (<span word="UNP">UNP</span>).</p><p><span word="Following">Following</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vote">vote</span>, <span word="Wickremesinghe">Wickremesinghe</span> <span word="thanked">thanked</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parliamentarians">parliamentarians</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="voted">voted</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="promised">promised</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="democracy">democracy</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="Rajapaksa">Rajapaksa</span> <span word="loyalists">loyalists</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="termed">termed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="invalid">invalid</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="Mahinda">Mahinda</span> <span word="Rajapaksa">Rajapaksa</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="appointed">appointed</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Appeal">Appeal</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="temporarily">temporarily</span> <span word="suspended">suspended</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="performing">performing</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="duties">duties</span>.</p><p><span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="Speaker">Speaker</span> <span word="Karu">Karu</span> <span word="Jayasuriya">Jayasuriya</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="informed">informed</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Maithripala">Maithripala</span> <span word="Sirisena">Sirisena</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="confidence">confidence</span> <span word="vote">vote</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Speaker">Speaker</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Sri">Sri</span> <span word="Lanka">Lanka</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="embroiled">embroiled</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="turmoil">turmoil</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Sirisena">Sirisena</span> <span word="surprisingly">surprisingly</span> <span word="sacked">sacked</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Ranil">Ranil</span> <span word="Wickremesinghe">Wickremesinghe</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="appointed">appointed</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="Rajapaksa">Rajapaksa</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="October">October</span>.</p>
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