Mr. Speaker - The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne
Parliament was informed that three additional petitions had been received by the Supreme Court under Article 121(1) of the Constitution concerning the Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill, in addition to those announced on 19 August 2025. The Chair also laid before Parliament several parts of the Auditor-General’s Reports for the financial years 2022, 2023, and 2024 under Article 154(6) of the Constitution.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 The Parliament met at 9.30 a.m., the Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne in the Chair.
¶ 02 ANNOUNCEMENTS
¶ 03 PRESIDENTS’ ENTITLEMENTS (REPEAL) BILL: PETITIONS TO THE SUPREME COURT
¶ 04 In addition to the three petitions mentioned in my announcement dated 19th August, 2025, I wish to inform Parliament that, in terms of Article 121(1) of the Constitution, three petitions submitted to the Supreme Court regarding the Bill titled “Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal)” have been received.
¶ 05 AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORT
¶ 06 In terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, I lay on the Table:
¶ 07 - Part XLIV of Chapter IX of the Auditor-General’s Report for the financial year 2022; - Part 2/(1.'/1] of Chapter II of the Auditor-General’s Report for the financial year 2023; and - Parts II and III of Chapter III and Part II of Chapter IX of the Auditor-General’s Report for the financial year 2024.
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