The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake argued that presenting the names was permitted under Standing Orders, citing Standing Order 23(1) on the business of the House. He said the Secretariat had informed the Parliamentary Business Committee accordingly, and that suspending only Standing Order 27 was consistent with previous parliamentary practice.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, Standing Orders fully permit this. Under Standing Order 23(1), “Business of the House shall consist of public business, orders of the day and notices of motions.” We are within that framework, as the Secretariat informed the Parliamentary Business Committee. Presenting the names now is neither disrespectful nor contrary to practice; only Standing Order 27 is being suspended, which has been done on many occasions before.
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- Hansard, Friday, 23 January 2026 ·No. 23290 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2026. No. 23290. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14451