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The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam

Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi· Batticaloa· 20 February 2026 ·Adjournment: Adjournment Motion: Issues Relating to the Power Sector (Coal Procurement for Norochcholai)

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Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam referred to the appointment of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Provincial Council Election Reforms under Standing Orders 102, 103, and 104, noting that the motion was presented on 6 January and members had now been named. He requested that the Committee hold its first sitting in the next parliamentary week and proposed that the remaining Opposition member be former Minister Hon. Faiszer Musthapha.

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¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, as a member named to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Provincial Council Election Reforms, I rise under Standing Orders 102, 103, and 104. The motion to appoint a PSC on Provincial Council election methodology was presented on 6 January. Nearly two months have passed. I am pleased the Government has now named its members and that, under Minister Wijitha Herath’s leadership, the Committee has been appointed. I request that its first sitting be fixed for the next parliamentary week and that the 12th member be appointed from the Opposition—our former Minister Hon. Faiszer Musthapha.

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Hansard, Friday, 20 February 2026 ·No. 23331 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 February 2026. No. 23331. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30034