State of emergency extended

The state of emergency was extended by another month in Parliament a short while ago, receiving 102 votes in favour and 15 votes against. The United National Party (UNP) had voted against the extending of the state of emergency, together with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) while the Janath Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) had been absent. (YP&KB) (News-Daily Mirror)