The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake objected to the removal from the Order Paper of his Private Member’s Motion proposing to prohibit political parties from using ethnic or religious names, including existing parties. He stated that the Motion had been on the Order Paper since the previous November and asked the Speaker to clarify the basis for its removal and protect his parliamentary rights.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, under Private Members’ Motions I was scheduled to move today the Motion: “This Parliament proposes that naming political parties on ethnic and religious bases be prohibited, and that, considering the present situation in Sri Lanka, such prohibition be applied also to existing political parties bearing names denoting ethnicity or religion.”
¶ 02 This Motion has been removed from today’s Order Paper this morning. I have been in Parliament for many years — in 2010, 2015 and now — and I have had this Private Member’s Motion on the Order Paper since last November. On what basis was it removed from the Order Paper? I seek your protection, Hon. Speaker.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 October 2025. No. 22640. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13913