Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake raised a procedural objection that a report or item not listed in the Order Paper should not be presented during the sitting, warning that doing so could create a wrong precedent. He requested a ruling from the Chair and said he would consult the Secretary-General’s Office to resolve the matter, emphasizing that the objection concerned compliance with Standing Orders rather than the content of the poverty analysis.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, according to the Order Paper, it cannot be presented at this time. Please discuss this with the Secretary-General's Office and then take appropriate action. As this would be a wrong precedent and a procedural error, your ruling is sought. [Interruption.]
¶ 02 Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva, I think there has been some misunderstanding. I will talk to the Office of the Secretary-General and sort it out.
¶ 03 Then, Questions for Oral Answers.
¶ 04 Hon. Member, since everything has implications for the Government, even though this is an important poverty analysis, there are clear provisions in the Standing Orders on what can and cannot be presented. This may not be the Hon. Member’s fault, but due to someone else’s lapse, it is not in today’s Order of Business. We cannot run Parliament if each of us starts tabling reports during the sitting. The point here is a technical, procedural one, not about content. Therefore, this should not be taken as an insult to Parliament. That is our position.
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Cite as: Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 April 2025. No. 1747999742032122. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11216