The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 4 December 2024 ·Procedural: Ministerial Statement: Arrests for Spreading False Information on Social Media

Parliamentary Procedure

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Bimal Rathnayake stated that parliamentary seniority or the number of years served should not be treated as the decisive measure of a Member’s value or credibility. He referred to a Member who had served for 24 years to emphasize that length of service alone should not be the basis for expectations or judgments.

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¶ 01 Do not expect it. The number of years in Parliament is not what matters. There is a Member here who has been in Parliament for 24 years.

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 4 December 2024 ·No. 1733893521018713 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 December 2024. No. 1733893521018713. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/25564