The Hon. (Mrs.) Samanmali Gunasinghe
Hon. Samanmali Gunasinghe, referring to Standing Order 91, stated that the Sri Lanka Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus had received no complaint regarding a recently reported incident involving women officers or women MPs. She urged Members to consider the social impact of such statements, said there was no known or reported incident, and noted that raising unverified historical claims could create difficulties for female staff. She added that the Caucus was ready to intervene if any complaint was formally reported.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, under Standing Order 91: One of our committees is the Sri Lanka Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus. We checked and no such complaint has been received there either. While any MP may express an opinion, when statements affect women officers or women MPs, please consider the social impact. Recently, media reported such an incident; we have no knowledge of it, nor reports. We say responsibly there was no such incident. Raising historical claims now only creates difficulties for female staff. We are ready to intervene if anything is reported, but without reports we too are placed in difficulty.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Mrs.) Samanmali Gunasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 January 2025. No. 1737023464031571. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27586