The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka
Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka raised concern over the delay in appointing a Special Parliamentary Committee to inquire into the release of 323 containers without proper inspection. He noted that the request was made on 7 October, approved by the Parliamentary Business Committee on 10 October, and listed as a No-Date Motion on 17 October, but no committee had yet been established. He requested the Speaker to convene a Party Leaders’ meeting immediately to constitute the committee.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, we requested on 7th October that a Special Parliamentary Committee be appointed to inquire into the controversial incident of releasing 323 containers without proper inspection. The Parliamentary Business Committee agreed on 10th October. On 17th October it was published in the Supplement to the Order Paper as a No-Date Motion. A month has now passed since the Business Committee agreed, but the committee is yet to be established. We respectfully request that you convene a Party Leaders’ meeting immediately to constitute this special committee.
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 November 2025. No. 22786. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11813