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MP A.H.M. Fowzie also voted in favour of the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Lanka Coalition also voted against the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera and Ahila Ilankai Thamil Congress (AITC) MP G. G. Ponnambalam.also voted against the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>This resolution was presented to Parliament by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.This proposal provides the necessary support to the Ministry of Finance to work with the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* 120 MPs vote for resolution, 25 vote against * SJB, TNA, SLFP vote against resolution The Resolution for the Implementation of the Arrangement under&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":10,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[32,31,35,33,34],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadstories","category-local","tag-eff","tag-imf","tag-parliament-voting","tag-passed","tag-votes","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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