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Opposition walks out of Parliament after tense exchange on disaster handling
A tense situation arose in Parliament today after the Opposition walked out of the Chambers accusing the government of failing
Summary
Hashim further noted that the issue was never brought before Parliament for discussion - a step he believes could have significantly reduced the disaster's impact. Politics aside, our knowledge and experience could have contributed. A group of Opposition MPs then staged a walkout, expressing frustration over the government's refusal to permit a debate on the national disaster situation.
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People
- Kabir Hashim2
Organisations
- Department of Meteorology2
- Parliament of Sri Lanka2
- President's House
- Opposition
Places
- Sri Lanka2
Keywords
- chambers2
- out2
- disaster
- exchange
- handling
- unfolded
- denying
- heated
- stages
- after
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