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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8240392" data-attributes="member: 92282">The 18th amendment to the Constitution was passed in parliament a short while back with 161 voting in favour and 17 against. The DNA and the TNA - excluding one member  voted against the amendments. However a total of 17- UNP MPs including eight SLMC members who were  elected from the UNP voted in support of the amendments.  TNA MP for  Ampara district M. Piyasena voted in favour. The UNP MPs Lakshman Seneviratne, Earl Gunasekara, Manusha Nanayakkara,  Upeksha Swarnamali, Nimal Wijesinghe, Shri Ranga and Abdul Carder  crossed over earlier in the day to the government and voted in favour.  The others were the eight SLMC members elected from the UNP and two  other UNPers – Prabha Ganeshan and Palani Digambaram who crossed over  earlier. The UNP had decided to boycott the sessions claiming that the amendments  were unconstitutional, but the government argued that it would help to  have a stable government.<a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/cms/articleXYZ100000010.php?id=6794" target="_blank">sundaytimes</a></blockquote>

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