Sri Lanka opposition declares no confidence in government

By KRISHAN FRANCIS
Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s main opposition party has delivered a no-confidence motion aimed at ousting Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Cabinet. The motion also blaming the governmentof failing in its constitutional duty to provide good living standards for Sri Lankans. The motion was delivered to the country’s Parliament speaker on Tuesday amid the island’s nation’s worst economic crisis in memory. A group from the United People’s Force party led by leader Sajith Premadasa gave the motion to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. The move comes amid countrywide protests demanding the resignation of the powerful Rajapaksa family members who have ruled the country for most of the last two decades.