The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Dayasiri Jayasekara questioned the Prime Minister on the status and use of the Speaker’s official residence, stating that it is a gazetted official residence that cannot be assigned by a parliamentary committee to another person. He asked why, if the Speaker is not residing there, eight staff members had been appointed to the residence in the Speaker’s name, including seven new appointments, and sought clarification on what action the Government would take.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Prime Minister, my first supplementary question is this. The Speaker’s official residence is a gazetted official residence per the Administrative Reports of Sri Lanka; there are three such: the President’s, the Prime Minister’s and the Speaker’s. No committee of Parliament can assign it to anyone else. Initially, the Speaker used it fully for his meetings — I have details with dates if needed.
¶ 02 Second, if the Speaker is not residing in the official residence, how did he appoint eight staff to that residence? One was there earlier, seven were newly appointed. If the Speaker is not living there, why were seven appointments made in his name? He has no authority to do so if it is not his residence. What steps will you take on this?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 5 May 2026 ·No. 23546 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 May 2026. No. 23546. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19734