The Hon. (Dr.) Kaushalya Ariyarathne
Hon. Kaushalya Ariyarathne raised a point under Standing Order 75 during the debate on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism. She responded to earlier criticism by Hon. S. M. Marikkar about government attendance, stating that government Members were present and participating, while only one Opposition Member was present, and urged the Opposition to address its own attendance rather than make public criticisms.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Hon. Presiding Member.
¶ 02 Under Standing Order 75, I wish to raise a matter. Hon. S. M. Marikkar earlier asked why government Members are not there to protect our Minister. Today we are debating a very important Ministry—Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism. At this moment, I wish to note that only one Member from the Opposition is present. He will make his speech. Otherwise, there is no one from the Opposition. Our required Members are here and we are actively participating. Therefore, rather than doing media shows, he should pay attention to his own Opposition Members.
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