The Jaffna Municipal Council remains without a working budget after the latest attempt to pass one was defeated today.
The latest budget presented by Emmanuel Arnold, himself initially ousted in 2020 following a defeated budget, was defeated by 6 votes with 16 council members voting for the budget, 22 against and 1 abstaining.
This follows the resignation of former mayor Viswalingam Manivannan whose budget was defeated in December 2022.
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