Sri Lankan parliament votes for extending state of emergency
Source: Xinhhua | 2022-07-28 | Editor:Amy
Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednesday voted to approve the proclamation of the state of emergency earlier in July by then acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, allowing it to extend.
In the voting, 120 parliamentarians voted for imposing emergency regulations and 63 voted against.
The state of emergency was declared by Wickremesinghe with effect from July 18 under the Public Security Ordinance in the interests of public security, the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community.
According to the legal provisions, if the approval of the parliament is not obtained within 14 days of the said proclamation, it shall expire.
Wickremesinghe was elected to be the president of the South Asian country in a parliamentary vote on July 20 and was sworn in a day after.
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