COLOMBO, Nov. 14 -- Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said on Wednesday that a no-confidence motion presented against the government had been passed in the parliament with a majority vote.
In a statement released by the Speaker's Office, he said a majority of the members of parliament had voted in favor of the no-confidence motion.
According to the motion, new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and his cabinet appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena were unconstitutional.
The speaker said that he would send President Sirisena a copy of the motion and the decision of the 225-member unicameral chamber, along with a copy of the letter signed by 122 members of parliament.
Both of sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and new Prime Minister Rajapakse claimed they would continue to be in office following the no-confidence vote which ended in chaos in the parliament on Wednesday.
Hours after the parliament was adjourned, Wickremesinghe said the motion had been passed with a majority through a "voice vote."
"Now that the motion has been passed, the government which ruled before Oct. 26 will come back into effect. I am informing the police and state officials not to carry out any orders handed over by the illegal government," he said.
However, Dinesh Gunawardena, legislator from Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna headed by Rajapakse, said the vote of no-confidence had been invalid as the parliament speaker had not followed the normal parliamentary traditions by calling for an electronic vote.
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