Only JVP breakaway MP Ajith Kumara voted against the budget. The SLFP previously stated that they would support the interim budget presented by the new government which came to power, a month ago. However, several opposition MPs such as Wimal Weerawansa, DEW Gunadekara, Dinesh Gunawardene, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Tissa Vitarana and Sriyani Wijewickrama abstained during the second reading vote.

 

Geethanjana Gunawardene, C Gajadheera, YG Padmasiri and Weerakunara Dissanayake also abstain from voting. Those who abstained represented non-SLFP coalition parties of the United People's Freedom Alliance.

 

This was the biggest margin recorded during a budget vote in the recent history of Sri Lanka. The interim budget of the new government received almost unanimous consent from the country's legislature.