The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law - Minister of Justice and National Integration
Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara raised a point of order to dispute statements made by Hon. Ajith P. Perera, saying they were inaccurate and amounted to contempt of court. He clarified that the relevant court proceedings are open to the public and media, not conducted in secret, and noted that similar remarks made outside Parliament would carry legal consequences.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a point of order—just a brief clarification. Hon. Ajith P. Perera made several inaccurate statements amounting to contempt of court. I will only correct them. These are open courts; the public can observe; cases are not heard in secret; the media can report. If he had made those statements outside, without Parliamentary privilege, he knows the consequences.
¶ 02 Thank you.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 19 February 2026 ·No. 23328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law - Minister of Justice and National Integration. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 February 2026. No. 23328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30369