The no-confidence motion against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella will be taken up for debate on September 06, 07 and 08, as per a decision taken by the Parliamentary Business Committee.
According to the Parliament’s Communication Department, a vote on the no-confidence is scheduled to be held on the evening of September 08 (Friday).
The motion of no confidence against the Health Minister was handed over to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena by main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB) General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara and MP Kavinda Jayawardena on July 21, with the signatures of 45 MPs.
The motion was moved over the alleged irresponsible importation of ‘substandard’ medicines and surgical equipment which led to a weakened health sector and even deaths.
The main opposition alleges that the government continued to bring in the relevant ‘substandard’ drugs outside of the procurement and registration process considering it to be a state of emergency, and that the move resulted in several deaths at major hospitals across the country.
