The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition
Sajith Premadasa requested that the membership of the Committee be increased to allow broader and fairer Opposition representation. He argued that such an increase would not violate Standing Orders or raise costs, and cited the previous Parliament’s practice of wider Opposition inclusion as a precedent for reaching consensus.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I will be brief. In the last Parliament, the Opposition had greater representation in this Committee due to the efforts of the current President, Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who believed in broad Opposition inclusion given diverse viewpoints. Increasing the number now violates no Standing Order; this is a matter of practice and consensus. It does not increase costs. We respectfully request that the number be increased further to ensure fair representation. We will not come to the Committee to create disorder; we seek to present our views and help conduct business. Therefore, please grant consensus to increase membership.
¶ 02 Thank you.
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