The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake raised a Point of Order urging that the House move to the main Business by 11.30 a.m. and seeking clarification from the Secretariat on the application of Standing Orders regarding Supplementary Questions. He stated that only the Member who asked the original Question may ask Supplementary Questions and referred to a prior ruling on the matter, while also making a political criticism of the UNP and SJB’s electoral performance in Municipal Councils.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a Point of Order.
¶ 02 Sir, we keep repeating the same point. Please allow us to commence main Business by at least 11.30 a.m. Standing Orders are clear. I do not understand what the Secretariat is doing. We want to know their ruling. It is very clear only the Member who asked the original Question may ask Supplementary Questions. You have already given a Ruling. If further discussion is needed, let us do so.
¶ 03 We also wish to say that they have not won even a single seat of their own. In the entire history of the UNP and the SJB, they have not won even one Municipal Council. Not even a single one has won his own seat, Sir.
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