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Emergency passed again in Sri Lanka parliament
Fri, Nov 6, 2009, 09:08 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Nov 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka Parliament today passed the State of Emergency for another month with a majority of 78 votes. The bill received 95 votes for it and only 17 against it.
Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians voted against it while the main opposition United National Party abstained from voting.
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna for the third consecutive month has also abstained from voting to pass the state of Emergency in the parliament.