The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara cited Section 23(2) of Act No. 44 of 2024 to argue that a Vote on Account should be followed by the passage of an Appropriation Act, including the expenditure already made. He maintained that the Government could have brought the Appropriation Bill within 26 days and stressed that citizens should retain the right to challenge the procedure in court if a Vote on Account is presented without the Appropriation Bill.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I am not angry. Hon. Speaker, I did not come with random notes.
¶ 02 After Section 23(1) of Act No. 44 of 2024, read 23(2) as well:
¶ 03 “The period for which expenditure is provided under a Vote on Account shall not exceed four months, and the Appropriation Act, including the sums expended under the Vote on Account, shall thereafter be passed.”
¶ 04 This implies how the subsequent Appropriation Bill is to be passed. Within 26 days it could have been brought. We have no issue about your not bringing it; but you refuse to accept this argument. I am not making a political speech. I am saying that citizens should have the opportunity to challenge matters in court where appropriate. We are acting under a law we ourselves passed. People have the right to go to court if a Vote on Account is presented without bringing the Appropriation Bill.
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2024. No. 1734081038099638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12541