Confidence and No confidence

Backbenchers of the United National Party have handed over sixteen individual no-confidence motions and one no confidence motion covering several Ministers to the Speaker's office. They demand the Ministers and deputy ministers voted against the prime minister must leave the cabinet. Probably most of the backbenchers are fed up being without any portfolio and trying to chase away the existing minsters to grab their positions. 

According to our constitution, you can't hand over a no confidence motion against an individual minister without naming the government. To be accepted and proceeded by the speaker as a valid no confidence motion, it should contain a last paragraph saying that they have no confidence on minister in question as well as the government. When the Joint opposition handed over the no confidence motion against the Prime minister, they have to include the last paragraph of no confidence against the Government as well. It is a technicality. Without that, a no confidence motion is not valid.

At the moment, the Backbenchers of the United National Party are behaving like a bunch of pre-school kids and demanding this and that. They do not understand that the prime minister can't sack any minister without the consent of the president. The do not understand that they cant hand over a valid no confidence motion without citing the Government. 

By any chance, if the speaker's office decided to  proceed with those ill advised no confidence motions against the ministers who voted with the Joint opposition, it would be an interesting situation. The joint opposition could  let the motions pass in the parliament with majority vote and petition to the supreme court to include the missing paragraph - no confidence against the GOVERNMENT! That will give a god send chance to the President to appoint a fresh cabinet led by a new prime minister.