The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake raised a procedural concern that, contrary to an agreement at the Parliamentary Business Committee, the Government had not been informed the previous day that the Opposition would request a vote. He said this prevented all 58 Government Members from being present and asked the Speaker to safeguard the Government’s right to prior notice in such instances.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, before that, with your permission, I wish to raise this matter. We agreed at the Parliamentary Business Committee that if the Opposition is asking for a vote, it should be informed on the previous day. However, that was not done on this occasion, and therefore it became difficult for all 58 Government Members to participate in the vote. We request you to safeguard our right in case the Opposition asks for a vote.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 28 February 2025. No. 1741927369029372. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26368