A report regarding the actions of ruling party MPs on the Strategic Development Projects Acts will be compiled and submitted to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Chief Government Whip of Parliament Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said today.
MPs of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), a constituent party of the UPFA government, had voted against the 3 orders tabled under the Strategic Development Projects Acts on Thursday and Friday while certain government MPs were absent during the vote.
Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s National Freedom Front (NFF) and Minister Rauf Hakeem of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) were notably absent during the vote on the 3 gazettes, which provide recognition and tax concession to 3 mixed development projects.
Minister Gunawardena stated that even though all Parliamentarians representing the ruling party had met and discussed on passing the Act before it was presented to Parliament, some of them had acted against it.
