The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake responded to concerns about suspending Standing Orders for the Vote on Account by citing precedents from 2018, 2019, and 2020 where Standing Orders 27 and/or 121 were suspended for similar business. He stated that these examples, involving previous governments and Members, should guide newer Members, and placed the relevant documents in the Library.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, several Members raised points about suspension of Standing Orders regarding the Vote on Account. Parliament should be a place of learning; I table precedents:
¶ 02 - On 21 December 2018, at the start of business, the House resolved that Item No. 1 on the Order Paper be taken free of Standing Orders 27 and 121(2). Then‑Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera moved it; Hon. Harsha de Silva was then State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs.
¶ 03 - Similarly, on 23 October 2019, Standing Order 121 was suspended.
¶ 04 - Again, on 27 August 2020 under Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa, Standing Orders were suspended in this manner.
¶ 05 These precedents—many with your participation—should be studied, especially by our newer Members. I place the documents in the Library.
¶ 06 Placed in the Library.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 December 2024. No. 1733459564028450. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29770