The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake

New Democratic Front· National List· 20 February 2026 ·Procedural: Clarifications and Supplementary Questions; Matters of Order and Privilege

Parliamentary Procedure

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Ravi Karunanayake thanked Minister Ananda Wijepala for his detailed response and objected to a suggested five-minute limit on answers to questions. He argued that senior Ministers cannot provide comprehensive answers within such a limit and said any rule on time limits should be applied consistently across Parliament rather than selectively.

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¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, firstly, I thank Hon. Minister Ananda Wijepala for answering exhaustively. Yesterday it was requested that such Questions be restricted to five minutes. A senior Minister cannot answer fully in five minutes. If such a rule exists, it must apply across the board, not selectively. Please disregard instructions from those who do not know how Parliament should be run.

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Source: Hansard, Friday, 20 February 2026 ·No. 23331 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 February 2026. No. 23331. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29974