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Lanka parliament in uproar again

AFP Colombo
Sri Lanka’s national parliament resumed after uproar for a third straight day yesterday as minority Tamil legislators protested the passage of budget allocations for ministries without a debate.
The Tamil National Alliance, a proxy of Tamil Tiger rebels, blocked Speaker WJ.M. Lokubandara entering the well of the assembly and created a din that forced the suspension of the proceedings for over an hour.
Tamil legislators shouted slogans denouncing the assembly for skipping debates before voting on ministry budgets on Wednesday.
"This is not democracy," the Tamil legislators shouted while carrying placards denouncing the government.
The Tamil party has 22 members in the 225-member assembly.
Speaker Lokubandara apologised to the Tamil MPs and said he had not heard their request for a debate on ministry allocations Wednesday.
"I am sorry about what happened yesterday and 1 will ensure that there is no repetition," Lokubandara told the assembly after reconvening the assembly.
However, he was yet to give a ruling on a request by jailed legisla-
tor S.B. Dissanayake to attend the proceedings.
The rush to approve money for the ministries Wednesday was prompted by opposition protests against the assembly going into session without their jailed colleague Dissanayake being allowed to attend.
Opposition legislator Mahinda Wijesekera said Dissanayake, who was jailed Tuesday for two years for contempt by the Supreme Court, could carry on as an MP despite being put behind bars.
Wijesekera argued there was no constitutional provision to stop Dissanayake from carrying out his work as a parliamentary member despite the sentence that has pitted the legislature against the judiciary.
Opposition legislators demanded parliament exercise its authority over the Supreme Court and allow the MP to continue sitting.
Parliament was suspended twice Wednesday and eventually wound up work three and a half hours ahead of schedule.
Dissanayake was charged with making a speech in November 2003 In which he was accused of defaming the Supreme Court and its judges.