Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam
Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam raised a point of Order to correct an apparent mischaracterization of his earlier remarks. He clarified that he had referred to people or refugees returning to Sri Lanka through international airports, not to persons arriving illegally by sea.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a point of Order.
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Speaker: Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam, what is your point of Order?
¶ 03 Sir, something I mentioned in my speech has been referred to very wrongly. So, I want to correct it in this House.
¶ 04 Hon. Deputy Speaker: Hon. Member, you may take 30 seconds, please.
¶ 05 Thank you so much, Sir. I was mentioning people who come through Sri Lanka’s international airports. I was not talking about those who arrive illegally by sea. The Hon. Deputy Minister spoke about that, but I was speaking only about people or refugees who return to Sri Lanka through the airports. Thank you.
¶ 06 Hon. Deputy Speaker: Okay.
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 August 2025. No. 1756378373069107. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16164