Hon. Ajith P. Perera
Hon. Ajith P. Perera questioned the Speaker’s ruling of the previous day, arguing that it lacked reasoning and that the Speaker must act independently and transparently. He requested that the Attorney-General’s report and the Parliamentary Secretariat’s report be tabled, stating that Parliament must know the basis for the ruling to maintain confidence in the Speaker’s impartiality.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, you are bound to act independently. You are the Speaker of us all; that is the nature of the office. Your ruling yesterday had no reasoning; it read like a schoolchild’s essay. Please allow me. Will you table the Attorney-General’s report? Will you table the Secretariat’s report? You have no personal opinion here; it is the opinion of Parliament that matters. You sought the Attorney-General’s view to ensure transparency. We need to know what he said; we need to know the Secretariat’s view. If you do not act transparently, we will lose confidence in you, and then we cannot work with you. If you act along party lines, that is a grave wrong to this country. Apart from the complexity of the matter, you must show fairness.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 11 September 2025 ·No. 1758278142029989 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Ajith P. Perera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 September 2025. No. 1758278142029989. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/1049