The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Rauff Hakeem stated that the President had assured him he would be included in the Committee on Parliamentary Business following a request made at a Defence Ministry Consultative Committee meeting. He questioned the Speaker’s subsequent decision to exclude him from the Committee, asking that the matter be checked with the President and handled without escalation.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, let me say this. When the President came to the Ministerial Consultative Committee Meeting of the Ministry of Defence, as he was seated and then passed by me, he came over and assured me: “Hon. Rauff, as you requested, we have decided to include you in the Committee on Parliamentary Business.” The President told me that. Please inquire. Although the President said so, you have, on your own, taken steps, contrary to what the President told me, to remove us from the Committee on Parliamentary Business. If necessary, go and ask the President. No, no—he will consider it sympathetically. Do not make it an issue.
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Cite as: The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 27 February 2025. No. 1741437399068186. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13240