The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe
Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe raised a Point of Order responding to an earlier allegation by Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe that the Speaker’s Secretary had insulted a female Receptionist in the Parliamentary Department of Security. He tabled and read a departmental letter signed by eleven officials denying that any such incident or complaint had occurred. He requested an immediate inquiry, citing the seriousness of the allegation involving the Speaker’s office.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a Point of Order.
¶ 02 A short while ago, Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe stated that the Speaker’s Secretary had insulted a Receptionist attached to the Parliamentary Department of Security. Through the Speaker, I inquired from the Department concerned. I now table the reply letter from the Department.
¶ 03 I will read the letter:
¶ 04 “Regarding the statement made in Parliament on 2025.11.15 by Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe MP alleging that the Hon. Speaker’s Secretary insulted a female Receptionist attached to the Department of Security of Parliament:
¶ 05 We hereby certify with respect that, contrary to what Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe stated, the Hon. Speaker’s Secretary has not in any manner insulted any Receptionist (male or female) performing duties under the Department of Security of Parliament, nor has any Receptionist made any such complaint.”
¶ 06 This letter is signed by eleven officials. As this is a serious allegation concerning the Hon. Speaker, I request that an immediate inquiry be conducted.
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- Hansard, Saturday, 15 November 2025 ·No. 22870 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 15 November 2025. No. 22870. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29076