The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition
Sajith Premadasa requested that the Speaker convene a broader meeting of all Opposition party leaders, including those outside the Parliamentary Business Committee, together with Government representatives to resolve disputes over Committee membership numbers. He said the 12 Opposition parties representing 66 MPs should be included in a fair discussion to reach a durable and amicable settlement and avoid repeated debate on the issue in the House.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I thank you for your observations on the Privilege matters raised by several Hon. Members.
¶ 02 Sir, I urge you to call all Leaders of the Opposition parties, not just the few who participate in the Parliamentary Business Committee, so that the Government and the major Representatives of the Opposition can engage in a dialogue to reach a settlement on Committee numbers amicably, without acrimony.
¶ 03 I humbly request you to take the leadership and spare time to call the major Representatives of the Government and the Representatives of the 12 parties which separately comprise 66 Members of Parliament. Let us sit round the table, have a discussion and finish it off amicably, so that we do not need to bring up this matter repeatedly in this Assembly. We request, under your leadership, that you fix a date, time and venue for such a comprehensive and fair discussion enabling a durable solution.
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