2016 Budget third reading passed

December 19, 2015 06:39 pm

The third reading of the 2016 Budget was passed in Parliament today with a majority of 109 votes. A total of 160 members voted in favour while 51 voted against.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and several UPFA parliamentarians of the joint opposition voted against the budget. However, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) leader Arumugam Thondaman, Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) MP Douglas Devananda and UPFA MP Lakshman Seneviratne voted in favour.

The budget proposal for the fiscal year of 2016 was presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake on November 20. The debate on the Second Reading of Budget 2016 was conducted for nine days before the vote on the Second Reading was taken on December 2.

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