The Hon. (Ms.) Lakmali Hemachandra, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Lakmali Hemachandra raised a point of order citing Standing Order 91(c), objecting to alleged improper imputations made against the Prime Minister and asking for clarification. She argued that Members should not use parliamentary proceedings to raise personal matters, salaries, perks, or private affairs, and referred to Standing Order 83(1) and a previous objection to what she described as baseless personal allegations against the President and Prime Minister. She urged that the dignity of the House, grounded in the people’s sovereignty, be protected.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Madam, I rise to a point of Order.
¶ 02 Under Standing Order 91(c): “No Member shall impute improper motives to another Member, or allude to another Member’s private affairs.” Hon. Member, you made improper imputations against the Hon. Prime Minister. Please clarify.
¶ 03 We have never raised such issues about how Members address or invite women Members, because we were elected to speak about people’s issues, not about ourselves.
¶ 04 We must use this House to address the nation’s issues, not our salaries, perks, or personal matters. That is my policy. Under Standing Order 83(1), even yesterday I raised that the Opposition is bringing baseless personal matters about the President and Prime Minister to insult them. This House must protect its dignity as deriving from the people’s sovereignty. Please stop this conduct.
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