Sri Lanka, Sept. 10 -- The Speaker of Parliament (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne today (10) informed the House that the No-Confidence motion submitted by the Opposition against Deputy Defence Minister Aruna Jayasekera is not in order and cannot be accepted in its present form.

The Speaker stated that the motion was carefully considered in light of the provisions of the Constitution, the Standing Orders of Parliament, and established parliamentary practices and presedence.

"I also studied the traditions and procedures followed in other Commonwealth and democratic legislatures, such as the UK House of Commons, India's Lok Sabha, and Australia's House of Representatives in this regard," he said.

"Under articles 42, 43, and 44 of the Constituti...