Principal Contents
The sitting included communications and announcements on the Public Security Proclamation, the Speaker’s Certificate, the Supreme Court determination on the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, and the death of Hon. Kosala Nuwan Jayaweera, along with the presentation of Auditor-General, committee, and COPE reports. Members raised oral questions and private notice issues concerning parate execution impacts on industrialists and responses to United States reciprocal tariffs, followed by a ministerial statement on the Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Sri Lanka and a privilege matter on reports about an alleged attack on former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s residence. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill was read the first time, the Proceeds of Crime Bill was passed after second and third readings, an order under the Code of Criminal Procedure (Special Provisions) Act was taken up, and Parliament passed a resolution to appoint a Committee of Inquiry regarding the proposed removal of IGP T.M.W. Deshabandu Tennakoon for alleged misconduct and gross abuse of power.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Message from the President: Public Security Proclamation [Col. 1]
¶ 02 Announcements: Speaker’s Certificate [Col. 3] Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill: Determination of the Supreme Court [Col. 3] Death of Hon. Kosala Nuwan Jayaweera [Col. 8]
¶ 03 Auditor-General’s Report [Col. 8]
¶ 04 Ministerial Consultative Committee Reports [Col. 14]
¶ 05 Sectoral Oversight Committee Reports [Col. 15]
¶ 06 Report of the Committee on Public Enterprises [Col. 15]
¶ 07 Oral Answers to Questions [Cols. 17-59]
¶ 08 Question by Private Notice: Issues Faced by Industrialists Due to Implementation of Parate Execution [Col. 59] Counter-Strategies to be Adopted on US Reciprocal Tariffs [Col. 66]
¶ 09 Indian Prime Minister’s Visit to Sri Lanka: Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism [Col. 73]
¶ 10 Privilege: False News Reports Regarding Attack on Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Residence [Col. 87]
¶ 11 Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill: Read the First time [Col. 89]
¶ 12 Proceeds of Crime Bill: Read a Second, and the Third time, and passed [Cols. 90-178]
¶ 13 Code of Criminal Procedure (Special Provisions) Act: Order [Col. 178]
¶ 14 Resolution to appoint a Committee of Inquiry in terms of section 5 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002, to remove the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. T. M. W. Deshabandu Tennakoon from the office of the Inspector-General of Police for misconduct and gross abuse of power of his office in terms of sections 3(d) and 3(e) read with section 5 of the said Act: Passed [Cols. 179-192]
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