The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam sought clarification from the Chair on whether the matter raised by the Deputy Minister was being treated as a personal statement or a question of parliamentary privilege. He questioned the procedural basis for referring it to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges, noting apparent inconsistency between the Deputy Speaker’s and Deputy Minister’s descriptions of the issue.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, a few seconds will not do. Hear me out, Sir. It is an important matter. Otherwise, the Deputy Minister would not have taken it up today. He took it up; now give me the opportunity. First, is this a Personal Statement or a Privilege matter? You were saying it is a Personal Statement and the Hon. Deputy Minister was saying it is a violation of Privileges. Then you were saying it will be referred to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges. First, what is this?
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Cite as: The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 October 2025. No. 22644. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/28840