The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna
Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna raised a Point of Order objecting that Tamil minority Members allocated eight minutes are often left with only two or three minutes when called late in proceedings. He asked the Chair to address the loss of speaking time and cited Hon. Risvy Sally’s previous handling of sittings as an example of allowing both sides to speak properly.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a Point of Order. We Tamil Members representing a minority are given eight minutes, but when we are called at the end, only two or three minutes remain. Please see how much time was lost today. Our Hon. Risvy Sally is in the House; when he was in the Chair, he never allowed this. He allowed both sides to speak properly and concluded matters properly.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 21 January 2026 ·No. 23242 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 January 2026. No. 23242. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2136