United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader MP Sajith Premadasa moved a motion in Parliament expressing confidence in the UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to function as the Prime Minister.
The motion stated: “That this House resolves that Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Member of Parliament commands the confidence of Parliament to function as the Prime Minister.”
Premadasa presenting the motion inParliament noted that the country was in crisis in the absence of a democratically elected government.
He observed that development had stopped, businesses was stagnant, state sector unable to work, investors withdrawing, donations cancelled, and health sector running out of medicines.