The Hon. Amila Prasad
Amila Prasad challenged members of the opposing side to allow or nominate someone, including the Leader of the Opposition, to respond in the House. He criticized them for disrupting proceedings and alleged that they lacked independence, claiming they would not act until receiving direction from Pelawatte.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 You can only shout. Discipline, discipline, discipline. Keep it within the House. Discipline. Cannot come, can you? Then the people of this country must know something. Though you bang the desks, to put us in difficulty, among your 159, there is not one with a backbone to accept this challenge.
¶ 02 Send the Leader of the Opposition. Anyone you propose can come.
¶ 03 You say, you say—enough of that talk. If among your 159 there is anyone with a spine, say why you cannot. Until the message comes from Pelawatte, no one dares raise a hand. The spiritual leader is seated over there.
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- Hansard, Monday, 17 November 2025 ·No. 22912 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Amila Prasad. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 November 2025. No. 22912. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2631