The Hon. G.G. Ponnambalam
Hon. G.G. Ponnambalam rejected an allegation made by an Opposition Member that he had abused a female member of the public in Parliament, stating that he had not spoken to anyone in the Library or elsewhere in Parliament connected to that Member. He requested permission from the Chair to raise the matter formally as a question of privilege at the earliest opportunity the following day.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, yesterday, the Member seated in seat number 16 in the Opposition Benches mentioned my name saying that I had abusively treated a lady member of the public in Parliament. That is an absolute lie. I have not, in any way, spoken to anybody in the Library or in any other part of Parliament and certainly not to anybody who has any sort of links to that Member. Therefore, I wish to seek your permission to raise a matter of Privilege officially tomorrow at the first available opportunity.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 20 May 2026 ·No. 23618 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. G.G. Ponnambalam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 May 2026. No. 23618. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19312