Impeachment vote 6 p.m. on January 11th

Impeachment vote 6 p.m. on January 11th

Impeachment against the Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake

Parliament will debate the Parliamentary Select Committee report that probed the charges against Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake on January 10 and 11, and the vote will be taken after 6 p.m. on January 11th.

Minister Maithripala Sirisena said that a majority of party leaders have agreed to hold the debate on January 10 and 11.

However The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today decided to participate in the two day debate on the impeachment motion and vote against it at the end, informed sources said.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is yet to decide whether to participate in it or not whereas the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has decided to boycott it.