சிறிலங்கா நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் சிறிலங்கா அதிபர் மகிந்த ராஜபக்ச வரவுசெலவுத்திட்ட உரையை நிகழத்திய போது, எதிர்ப்புத் தெரிவித்த ஐதேக உறுப்பினர்கள் மீது ஆளும்கட்சியின் அமைச்சர்களும், நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களும் ஆவேசமாக பாய்ந்து தாக்கிய காட்சிகள்.

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Ruling party lawmakers attack opposition protesters inside Sri Lankan Parliament

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Lawmakers from Sri Lanka’s ruling party attacked opposition members who were protesting inside Parliament on Monday as President Mahinda Rajapaksa presented next year’s budget.

Opposition United National Party legislators tried to hold up placards protesting the proposed budget, which they said did not contain enough measures to ease the economic burden of the people. They were surrounded by ruling party lawmakers who punched them and grabbed the placards, resulting in a brawl.

Opposition lawmakers walked out after the attack.

“Today our Parliament became a symbol of lawlessness,” opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe told reporters. “We had to leave the chamber for our safety. What wrong did we commit?”

Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition has more than a two-thirds majority in the 225-seat legislature and is expected to approve the budget. There was no immediate comment from the government on the incident.

Rajapaksa, who is also minister of finance, said the budget deficit will decline next year as a percent of GDP because of his government’s economic management.

He said next year’s projected budget deficit of $4.2 billion would be 6.8 percent of GDP, compared to a deficit of 8 percent of GDP in 2010. Virtually all of the deficit, he said, was the result of development and welfare expenditures that would “contribute toward long-term development of the country while addressing many facets of poverty.”

The proposed budget calls for total government expenditures of $14.5 billion and projected revenues of $10.2 billion.

He said the deficit will be covered by domestic savings and foreign borrowing.

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Edited November 22, 201114 yr by nunavilan

எதிர்க்கட்சி சிங்கள உறுப்பினர்களுக்கே இந்த நிலைமை என்றால், எதிர்க்கும்/வேறுபடும் சாதாரண தமிழர்களின் நிலைமையை எண்ணிப்பாருங்கள் !