The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe
Mahinda Jayasinghe responded to a point of order raised by D.V. Chanaka, arguing that it was not valid under Standing Order 86. He said the rule permits a member only to clarify a misunderstood part of their own speech without introducing new matter, and maintained that he had merely clarified what was raised. He asked the Chair to take note and objected to members using repeated “bogus” points of order to disrupt proceedings.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, earlier Hon. D.V. Chanaka raised a point of order. There is no point of order here. I request the Chair to take proper note. Standing Orders state:
¶ 02 “86. A Member may— (a) to clarify any important part of his speech that has been misunderstood, without introducing new matter; or…”
¶ 03 Accordingly, one may clarify only a misunderstood part of one’s own speech without adding new matter. I introduced nothing new; I clarified what he raised. So where is the point of order? Members should not repeatedly raise bogus points of order to disrupt the House.
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Cite as: The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 November 2025. No. 22931. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14152