10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Gampaha· 5 December 2024 ·Debate: Debate on Vote on Account for 2025 (continued)

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Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana objected to being restricted in the language he wished to use during proceedings. He questioned why he could not speak in his preferred language, raising a procedural concern about language rights in Parliament.

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¶ 01 Why can I not speak in the language I want?

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Hansard, Thursday, 5 December 2024 ·No. 1734081038099638 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2024. No. 1734081038099638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12641