Sri Lanka’s Speaker Abeywardena survives no-trust vote

Sri Lanka’s Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Thursday survived an opposition-sponsored no-trust motion, the first of its kind in the island nation’s history.

Abeywardena won with 117 against (the motion) and 75 for in the vote held in the 225-member Assembly.

The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) moved the no-trust motion alleging him of government bias in addition to violation of the Constitution

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