The Hon. D.V. Chanaka
Hon. D.V. Chanaka invoked Standing Order 91, which prohibits imputing improper motives or referring to Members’ private affairs, in response to allegations concerning his father’s ownership of “shops.” He denied that he or his father face theft or corruption cases and contrasted this with unnamed others who, he said, have such cases due to wrongdoing.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, Standing Order 91 states:
¶ 02 “No Member shall impute improper motives to any other Member, or allude to any matters concerning the private affairs of any other Member.”
¶ 03 Recently, it was said that my father has certain “shops.” I say, put that video out. But unlike you who have cases for theft and corruption, we do not. Neither I nor my father has such cases. Those who did wrong have cases.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 19 November 2025 ·No. 22931 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. D.V. Chanaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 November 2025. No. 22931. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14170