The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake invoked Standing Order 77(1) and urged the Speaker to act against a Member whom he said had repeatedly disrupted proceedings by citing irrelevant Standing Orders. He argued that while Members have the right to raise points of order, persistent obstruction should be addressed using the Speaker’s powers under Standing Orders 77 and following.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, under Standing Order 77(1), it is stated:
¶ 02 “If a Member has committed an offence by disregarding the authority of the Chair or by persistently and wilfully obstructing the business of Parliament, the Speaker may, on a motion that ‘the Member be suspended from the service of Parliament’, put the question forthwith without amendment, adjournment or debate.”
¶ 03 This is now the third time, Mr. Speaker. Therefore, I request you to act. You must conduct the proceedings on behalf of all of us. Members have the right to raise Standing Orders. But he has twice cited irrelevant Standing Orders today. Do not allow this disruption. You have powers under Standing Orders from 77 upwards to act against persistent obstruction.
¶ 04 This is not to prevent a Member from raising a one-minute point of order. Since morning, this is the third time he has disrupted. That is why we say so. Otherwise, there is no issue in asking a one-minute point of order; it is all in the same book.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 10 June 2026 ·No. 23707 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 June 2026. No. 23707. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21502