Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake stated that the motion concerning Mervyn Silva was a motion of censure, not a No-Confidence Motion. He challenged others to bring any motion in the proper form and said the Government was prepared to face it, while urging them not to burden Parliament due to procedural errors.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, to be very clear: the motion against Mervyn Silva was a motion of censure. If you wish, bring any motion in any other form; we are ready. Do not burden Parliament because you do not know how to bring a No-Confidence Motion. Secondly—
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Cite as: Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 September 2025. No. 1758278142029989. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/1083