Sitting of Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Order of business

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1. 1 Opening Parliament Opening 1 speeches ▸
2. 2 Papers Papers: Reports and Regulations 6 speeches ▸
3. 3 Committee report Committee Report: Public Finance Committee Report 1 speeches ▸
4. 4 Petitions Petitions 8 speeches ▸
5. 5 Procedural Point of Order: Mannar Wind Power Protest 3 speeches ▸
6. 6 Oral question Oral Questions: Education, Energy, President's Fund, Western Provincial Council Vehicles, Public Security, Pirivena Education, Hospitals in Matara, Land Settlement, Coastal Patrol, and Marawila Schools 66 speeches ▸
7. 7 Oral question Question by Private Notice: Youth Services Council Circular 14 speeches ▸
8. 8 Procedural Procedural: Standing Order 31 Matter and Question 27(2) on Transport Committee 7 speeches ▸
9. 9 Debate Ministerial Statement: Lanka Sugar Company - Pelwatte and Sevanagala Sugarcane Farmers 3 speeches ▸
10. 10 Debate Ministerial Statements: Trade and Commerce Issues in Jaffna District 11 speeches ▸
11. 11 Debate Ministerial Statement: Medical Faculty Suspension at Kotelawala Defence University 10 speeches ▸
12. 12 Procedural Privilege Matter: Alleged Weapon Possession 15 speeches ▾
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    • The Hon. Jagath Vithana SJB

      AI summary Hon. Jagath Vithana raised a question of privilege under the Parliament (Powers and Privileges) Act, alleging that Government Chief Organizer Nalinda Jayatissa made defamatory public statements linking him to illegal weapons. He said the remarks caused public disrepute, obstructed his duties as an MP, and referred improperly to an ongoing court matter involving his son. He requested that the statements be treated as a breach of parliamentary privilege, citing the absence of charges or convictions against him or his family.

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    • The Hon. Jagath Vithana SJB

      AI summary Hon. Jagath Vithana began to state that, if he were arrested in relation to a particular case, a consequence would follow, but the excerpt ends before he completed the point. No specific proposal, demand, or substantive argument is recorded in the provided text.

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    • The Hon. Jagath Vithana SJB

      AI summary Hon. Jagath Vithana challenges the limitation on his ability to add further remarks, stating that the matter involves a serious allegation. He seeks recognition of his right to respond or provide additional information in that context.

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    • The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka SJB

      AI summary Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka made a brief procedural intervention requesting the Speaker to allow another member to finish speaking. No substantive policy issue or proposal was raised.

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    • The Hon. Sajith Premadasa SJB

      AI summary Sajith Premadasa requested that another member be allowed to finish speaking. The intervention was procedural and did not raise a substantive policy issue.

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    • The Hon. Sajith Premadasa SJB

      AI summary Sajith Premadasa briefly requested that another member be allowed to finish speaking. No substantive policy issue, proposal, or legislative matter was raised in the intervention.

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    • The Hon. Jagath Vithana SJB

      AI summary Jagath Vithana objected to an allegation made in the chamber and appealed to the Speaker to prevent what he described as an injustice. He questioned whether such an allegation should be permitted under parliamentary proceedings.

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    • The Hon. Jagath Vithana SJB

      AI summary Hon. Jagath Vithana objected to an allegation that he possessed weapons, distinguishing it from any lawful seizure of weapons. He asserted that making such a claim against him was unlawful.

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13. 13 Procedural Procedural: Motions and Standing Order 91(1) Discussion 12 speeches ▸
14. 14 Procedural Procedural: Sittings of Parliament Motion 2 speeches ▸
15. 15 Procedural Privilege Motion: Suspension of Live Telecast 2 speeches ▸
16. 16 Debate Debate: Resolution to Remove Inspector-General of Police T.M.W. Deshabandu Tennakoon 100 speeches ▸
17. 17 Debate Debate: Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties Regulations 21 speeches ▸
18. 18 Procedural Procedural: Justice and National Integration Regulations 1 speeches ▸
19. 19 Adjournment Adjournment Debate: Koralaipattu Central Divisional Secretariat in Batticaloa 21 speeches ▸