All MPs and others in the gallery were in confusion for a few minutes when Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne gave the microphone over to Chief Government Whip Nalinda Jayatissa to open the second reading of the debate on the budget, breaking the tradition of giving the opportunity to the Opposition to kick it off.
Speaker gets mixed up, causes confusion
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