Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake stated that Members are responsible for the statements and documents they present in Parliament, and their accuracy must be established through other appropriate means. He noted that the Deputy Minister of Defence had independently obtained time from the Speaker to present a document, and emphasized that Parliament has no separate mechanism to verify the correctness of such documents.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, with regard to statements made and documents presented to this House by Hon. Members, the responsibility lies with those Members. Whether they are correct or not can be proven elsewhere. Otherwise, every document presented by any Member— Therefore, Hon. Speaker, the Deputy Minister of Defence— without anyone asking—presented it at his discretion. He obtained time from you separately and presented it. There is no issue there. Parliament does not have a separate mechanism to verify the correctness of documents presented.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 20 November 2025 ·No. 22934 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 November 2025. No. 22934. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4353