The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake said the Government proposed holding a Party Business Committee meeting because it was the final day of the Budget debate, many Members were present, and Parliament would not reconvene for several weeks. He noted that the recently announced election date conflicted with the scheduled May sittings on the 6th to 9th, requiring adjustments, and therefore requested a party leaders’ meeting that day.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, the Government side proposed the PBC today as it is the last day of the Budget debate, and generally most Members participate. Parliament will reconvene only in a few weeks after today. We only learned the election date yesterday. Parliamentary sittings for May had been scheduled for 6, 7, 8, and 9, but now need adjusting. Hence, we requested a party leaders’ meeting today.
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