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