The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka
Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka raised concerns about appointing parliamentary committees to examine allegations between MPs, warning that such action can create precedents and be applied inconsistently. Referring to past disputes involving Dayasiri Jayasekara, Manusha Nanayakkara, Kanchana Wijesekera, and Diana Gamage, he asked whether current complaints against an Opposition MP would be handled by the newly appointed committee, to which he had nominated Hon. Rauff Hakeem, or by a separate committee.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 “One Minute Only” is a radio programme.
¶ 02 Mr. Speaker, you appointed me to examine a petition regarding a statement made against Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara by MPs. I said then this would set a precedent. If it goes that way for one side, it will come to the other too. I pointed out the risk of appointing such committees for petty matters, and I resigned from that Committee.
¶ 03 Earlier, when our Mr. Manusha Nanayakkara was in the Opposition and had a clash with Mr. Kanchana Wijesekera, both sides came to blows; we somehow saved Manusha. If you appoint a committee on such allegations, I was on it; we even travelled from Galle. In the end, nothing happened. Later, when complaints from both sides came regarding former State Minister Diana Gamage, I was on that Committee too, which was tasked with inquiring into those. Now a committee has been appointed. I have nominated Hon. Rauff Hakeem to that Committee as a member. I wish to know: if there are now complaints against a particular Opposition MP, will that also be inquired into by the same Committee, or will another committee be appointed?
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 June 2025. No. 1750753418078417. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/28418