The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition
Sajith Premadasa raised a point of order regarding the scheduled debate on the impact of the Middle East war. Noting that Friday may mark the beginning of Ramadan and could be declared a holiday, he proposed moving the Friday sitting of the debate to Wednesday and requested the Chair’s ruling to allow it.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a point of Order.
¶ 02 We agreed to hold a debate in Parliament on Thursday and Friday of this week on the impact of the Middle East war. However, Friday is very likely to be the beginning of Ramadan, an important religious day for Muslims, and may be declared a holiday. As a mark of respect, I propose that the debate scheduled for Friday be brought forward to tomorrow, Wednesday. I seek your ruling to allow us to commence that debate tomorrow.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 17 March 2026 ·No. 23387 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 March 2026. No. 23387. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2937