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Mr. Speaker [The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne]

11 September 2025 ·Opening: Opening and Speaker's Certificate

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The Speaker announced that he had endorsed the certificate on the “Removal of Presidential Immunities” Bill on 10 September 2025 under Article 79 of the Constitution. He requested Members to attend a joint special general meeting of the CPA Sri Lanka Branch, IPU Sri Lanka Group and SAARC Parliamentarians’ Association, and notified a meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business. He also tabled specified parts of the Auditor-General’s Reports for the financial years 2023 and 2024 under Article 154(6) of the Constitution.

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¶ 01 The Parliament met at 9.30 a.m.

¶ 02 Announcements

¶ 03 Speaker's Certificate

¶ 04 In terms of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, I wish to inform that on 10th September, 2025, I endorsed the certificate on the Bill titled “Removal of Presidential Immunities.”

¶ 05 Joint Special General Meeting of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Sri Lanka Branch), Inter-Parliamentary Union (Sri Lanka Group) and SAARC Parliamentarians’ Association (Sri Lanka Branch)

¶ 06 All Hon. Members are requested to attend the Joint Special General Meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Sri Lanka Branch), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (Sri Lanka Group) and the SAARC Parliamentarians’ Association (Sri Lanka Branch), to be held today, Thursday, 11th September, 2025, at 3.00 p.m., in Committee Room No. 2 of Parliament.

¶ 07 Meeting of Committee on Parliamentary Business

¶ 08 A meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business will be held today, Thursday, 11th September, 2025, at 12.00 noon in Committee Room No. 288. All Hon. Members of the Committee are requested to attend.

¶ 09 Auditor-General’s Report

¶ 10 In terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, I lay on the Table: - Part XXIV of Section IV of the Auditor-General’s Report for the financial year 2023; and - Parts V, VI and VII of Section I and Part II of Section IV of the Auditor-General’s Report for the financial year 2024.

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Hansard, Thursday, 11 September 2025 ·No. 1758278142029989 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Mr. Speaker [The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne]. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 September 2025. No. 1758278142029989. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/1023