Opposition MP asked to hand over cell phone in Sri Lanka parliament during budget debate

A legislator from Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) today had to hand over his cell phone to the Secretary General of parliament.

UNP raises privileges issue in Sri Lanka parliament on allowing Fonseka to attend legislative sessions

Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UN) Thursday raised a privileges issue in the parliament calling on Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa to look into the failure to allow detained former Army Commander and DNA Leader Sarath Fonseka to attend parliamentary sessions