Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake stated that investigations into the Easter attacks fall under the Ministry of Public Security, while the Prime Minister should answer only on matters within her responsibility. He noted that Standing Orders allow the relevant Minister to respond after the Prime Minister’s policy reply if necessary, and requested that the Minister of Public Security be permitted to speak without being disrupted by disorderly shouting.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, investigations into the Easter attack are conducted under the Ministry of Public Security—that is one matter. Secondly, the Prime Minister answers for matters within her responsibility. After her policy reply, if necessary, the relevant Minister can also answer. That is provided in Standing Orders. If required, allow the Minister of Public Security to speak. Do not be swayed by disorderly shouting.
Provenance
- Source
- Hansard, Friday, 25 July 2025 ·No. 1754382585021621 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
- Page · column
- not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
- Permalink
/lk/speeches/11025
Cite as: Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 July 2025. No. 1754382585021621. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11025