COLOMBO, Nov. 6 -- Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ajith P. Perera has accused the government of failing to obtain the Attorney General's advice on the no-confidence motion submitted against Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne, despite announcing that it would do so.

Raising a point of order in Parliament on Friday (6), the Kalutara District MP said no request for such advice had been made to the Attorney General so far.

Perera said the Opposition had submitted a no-confidence motion containing 50 allegations against the Speaker, but the government was refusing to allow it to be debated on the grounds that certain matters were before the courts.

He challenged the government to identify which specific allegations were currently before a court,...