A decision has been reached at the meeting of the party leaders to present a condolence proposal to the Parliament for Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away recently. The relevant proposal will be submitted to the Parliament tomorrow (16).
The parliamentary meetings were scheduled to start next week, but an emergency parliamentary meeting will be held on the 16th to express condolences to the Queen.
The 19th, when the last rites of the Queen will be performed, has already been declared as a national day of mourning and that day has also been made a special government holiday.
The resolution to express condolences to Polonnaruwa District Member of Parliament Amarakirthi Athukorala, who was shot dead during the unrest on May 09, was scheduled to be debated last Friday and a group of family members of the former Member of Parliament were also present at the Parliament. However, due to insufficient number of members present at the Parliament, the presentation of the relevant proposal had to be postponed.
