Mr. Speaker [The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne]
Mr. Speaker announced that Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna had submitted a letter seeking to raise a question of privilege over an alleged defamatory statement made during the Second Reading Debate of the Appropriation Bill on 10 November 2025. He stated that the matter would be referred to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges to determine whether a breach of privilege had occurred under the Parliament (Powers and Privileges) Act.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 The Parliament met at 9.30 a.m.
¶ 02 ANNOUNCEMENTS
¶ 03 REQUEST TO RAISE A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
¶ 04 I wish to make this Announcement with reference to a letter submitted to me on 10.11.2025 by the Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna, Member of Parliament, seeking permission to raise a matter of Privilege, citing a defamatory statement that had been made against him on 10.11.2025 during the Second Reading Debate of the Appropriation Bill.
¶ 05 I wish to inform that I refer the matter stated therein to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges to be considered whether there has been any breach of Privilege, in terms of the Parliament (Powers and Privileges) Act, No. 21 of 1953, as amended.
¶ 06 PAPERS PRESENTED
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Cite as: Mr. Speaker [The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne]. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 13 November 2025. No. 22816. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26939