The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe raised a point of order citing Standing Order 92(2), which allows a member to question procedure for up to one minute, except during a division and without addressing the substantive matter. He argued that he should have been allowed at least one minute to explain his point and objected to being threatened with removal from the Chamber.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Sir.
¶ 02 I refer to Standing Order No. 92(2) - “Points of Order” - which states:
¶ 03 “(a) A member may in any proceedings question whether proper procedures have been or are being followed by making a point of order except at a time when a division is in progress.
¶ 04 (b) In making a point of order, a member may not speak for more than one minute and may not speak on the question under consideration.”
¶ 05 Sir, I raise a point of Order and I should have been given, at least, one minute to explain. And, you have no right to tell me, “Throw you out.”
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Cite as: The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 June 2026. No. 23707. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21490