Six UNP MPs have submitted another motion to the Secretary-General of Parliament stating that "secretaries to any and all ministries do not have authority to approve any payment of monies drawn from the funds of the republic.

This follows the first motion submitted by the UNP seeking to restrict the ability of the Secretary to the purported Prime Minister from accessing public funds in light of the passage of the no-confidence motion against Mahinda Rajapaksa. 

The second motion is signed by Parliamentarians Rajitha Senaratne, Ravi Karunanayake, Patali Champika Ranawaka, Arjuna Ranatunga, Mano Ganesan and Jayampathy Wickremaratne. 

The motion has been presented in accordance with Article 148 of the constitution which vested the Legislature with the power of handling public finance. 

The motion seeks to render ministry secretaries unable to access public money in order to pay salaries of emoluments of ministers, state ministers, deputy ministers and their personal staff.