The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka
Gayantha Karunathilleka questioned the Speaker’s second clarification regarding the rejection of a No-Confidence Motion, stating that such a second announcement after rejection was unprecedented. He said the Opposition had requested the tabling of the Attorney-General’s opinion on possible influence on the Judiciary and the relevant Secretariat report, not a report addressed personally to Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne. He also alleged that new matters had been added due to media pressure and referred to his earlier interpretation of Standing Order 2(a).
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, you have today, for a second time, presented a clarification to the House on the No-Confidence Motion we handed to you. We wish to state clearly that this is the first time a Speaker has issued a second announcement after rejecting a No-Confidence Motion. We requested that the two reports you referred to in rejecting the Motion be tabled in the House.
¶ 02 What we asked from you was not a report addressed personally to Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne, but the opinion obtained from the Attorney-General on whether there would be any influence on the Judiciary and the report from the Secretariat. That is what we requested to be tabled.
¶ 03 Also, you have included matters today that you did not state previously. It seems because of media pressure you have now made another announcement. Your earlier announcement was very weak. I also clearly interpreted Standing Order 2(a) that day.
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 September 2025. No. 1759483897051145. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20021