Sri Lankan lawmakers propose cutting expenses of disputed PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers have submitted a motion to suspend the expenses of disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has lost two no-confidence motions in Parliament.
A lawmaker from the Marxist Peoples’ Liberation Front says last week’s passing of the no-confidence motions meant that Rajapaksa’s office and the government had ceased to exist and therefore has no power to spend public money.
The lawmaker, Anura Dissanayaka, said parliament has t