Sitting of Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 22573 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Auditor-General's Report - Tabling and Printing 2 speeches
- 2 Papers Papers Presented - Annual Reports and Ministry Reports 5 speeches
- 3 Committee report Sectoral Oversight Committee Reports 2 speeches
- 4 Petitions Petitions Presented 6 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Question: Use of Plastic and Polythene - Minimization (Q.1/2025) 8 speeches
- 6 Oral question Oral Question: Three-Storey Building of Thelijjawila Central College, Matara - Renovation (Q.1083/2025) 5 speeches
- 7 Oral question Oral Question: Lands Belonging to Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority - Trincomalee District (Q.1102/2025) 7 speeches
- 8 Oral question Oral Question: Mullaitivu and Mannar General Hospitals - Staff and Physical Resources 7 speeches
- 9 Oral question Oral Questions: Irrigation Department Tanks and Land Reform Commission Lands - Kalutara District 9 speeches
- 10 Oral question Oral Question: Drinking Water Shortage - Galle District 6 speeches
- 11 Oral question Oral Question: Regional Ayurvedic Hospitals - Monaragala District 11 speeches
- 12 Oral question Oral Question: Transfer of Resources - Northern Province (Tabled Answer and Deferred Question) 4 speeches
- 13 Oral question Standing Order 27(2) Questions - Leader of Opposition and Hon. Adaikkalanathan 10 speeches
- 14 Procedural Ministry Statement: Security of Former Presidents 2 speeches
- 15 Procedural Privilege Matter: Submission of False Information to Constitutional Council 27 speeches
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara raised a privilege issue under Standing Orders 29(1) and (2) concerning the selection process for the Director General of CIABOC. He referred to Constitutional Council deliberations on recommendations submitted for shortlisted candidates, particularly letters from provincial Governors supporting Supreme Court Judge Ranga Dissanayake, and questioned whether such recommendations from politically appointed officeholders could constitute political interference in an independent institution.
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Dayasiri Jayasekara stated that he was reading from the relevant document or text before the House. No substantive policy argument, proposal, or question is contained in the excerpt provided.
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- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara briefly indicated that he had a little more to add, without presenting a substantive argument, proposal, or question in the recorded excerpt.
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- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara only indicated that he would proceed to read, without presenting any substantive argument, proposal, question, or reference to legislation or policy.
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- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara challenged the claim that the Governors who supported Mr. Ranga Dissanayake were merely retired judges and not political appointees at the relevant time. He stated that the Gazette appointing them as Governors was issued on 27 September 2024, and that their recommendations for Mr. Dissanayake were made after those appointments, affecting the basis on which a Council member voted.
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- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara briefly clarified that he was reading from the third paragraph of a document or text under discussion. No substantive policy argument, proposal, or question was made in this excerpt.
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- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara alleged that false or misleading information had been presented to Parliament regarding the appointment of Governors and the timing of related recommendations, citing an emailed sworn objection by Prof. Dinesha Samararatne to the Speaker. Referring to the Parliament (Powers and Privileges) Act, he claimed the conduct implicated the Leader of the House and the Speaker, breached Members’ privileges, and damaged the dignity of Parliament. He requested that the matter be referred to the Committee on Privileges and that the Speaker provide a clarification to the House.
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam ITAK
AI summary Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam rose on a point of order. No substantive issue or argument is contained in the provided speech excerpt.
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- The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam ITAK
AI summary Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam began to raise a matter concerning the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, referring to Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara. The provided excerpt is incomplete and does not include the substantive point, proposal, or question he intended to present.
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- The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam ITAK
AI summary Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam raised a matter of privilege under Standing Order No. 29, describing it as important and serious. No further details of the privilege issue were provided in the excerpt.
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- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Dayasiri Jayasekara requested the Speaker to grant him time under Standing Order 92(2) to raise a question of privilege. He asked for at least one minute to address the matter.
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- The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam ITAK
AI summary Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam objected that Members were not being permitted to raise an alleged violation of the Constitution. His intervention framed the issue as a procedural concern about the right of Parliamentarians to speak on constitutional matters.
- The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam ITAK
AI summary Rasamanickam objected that points of order under Standing Order 92 should be heard before being curtailed, stating there was a possible constitutional issue to raise. He referred to concerns about CIABOC and the Constitutional Council, alleging that a member involved in approving an appointment had an entry before CIABOC and that complaints involving National People’s Power Ministers and others were not being pursued. He also began to refer to a bank robbery in Batticaloa before being cut off.
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Nalinda Jayatissa (Dr.) JJB
AI summary Nalinda Jayatissa said the privilege matter raised by Dayasiri Jayasekara should not be turned into a wider debate after the Speaker had agreed to give a ruling. He argued that parliamentary disruptions occur when CIABOC investigations advance and urged the Speaker not to allow such interventions, requesting a ruling on the privilege issue within a few days.
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- 16 Debate Debate: Convention Against Doping in Sport (Amendment) Bill - Second and Third Reading 70 speeches
- 17 Procedural Motion to Amend Standing Orders of Parliament 4 speeches
- 18 Adjournment Adjournment and Adjournment Questions 8 speeches