The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara raised a matter of Parliamentary Privilege, citing Sections 4 and 5 of Part 11 of the MPs’ Code of Conduct on adherence to fundamental rights law and acting in the public interest. He began to refer to an incident or matter from the previous day, but the provided excerpt ends before the specific allegation, request, or proposed action is stated.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, this relates directly to Parliamentary Privileges. Section 4 of Part 11 of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament states that “every Member shall adhere to the law relating to fundamental rights...”. Further, Section 5 states that “every Member shall, in exercising his powers and performing his functions and duties, act in the public interest and, in particular, in the best interests of his constituents.”
¶ 02 Yesterday—
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 11 November 2025 ·No. 22786 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 November 2025. No. 22786. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11817