The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara raised a point of order citing Standing Order 91(e) on sub judice matters. He argued that the matter being discussed was not awaiting a court decision and asked the Chair to clarify what court decision was at issue, referring to the Speaker having read out the relevant provision.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker—
¶ 02 Sir, I rise to a point of Order.
¶ 03 Mr. Speaker, Standing Order 91(e) is very clear, “…in relation to any matter which is sub judice…” This is not something on which a court is yet to deliver a decision. He is speaking—
¶ 04 Tell me, Sir, in relation to what is a court decision being given?
¶ 05 There is nothing more to say; you read it out, Sir.
¶ 06 Yes, you read it out, didn’t you? You read it out.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 20 May 2026 ·No. 23618 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 May 2026. No. 23618. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19252