The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Dayasiri Jayasekara raised a matter under Standing Order 29 concerning parliamentary privilege, noting that an earlier privilege issue he had presented had only been partially answered and requesting that it be addressed as previously indicated. He cited the Standing Order provision giving precedence to motions on parliamentary privilege and asked the Speaker to allow him to present a related letter.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, under Standing Order 29, I raise this. The other day I presented a matter of privilege; only part of it was answered. You said you would address it today. I have engagements tomorrow.
¶ 02 Standing Order 29(1) states: “A motion directly concerned with the privileges of Parliament shall take precedence over all other business set down for the day. When a question of privilege of Parliament has recently arisen, a motion relating to such matter may, except while a division to decide a vote is in progress, interrupt the proceedings of Parliament at any time.”
¶ 03 Also, I have given you a letter; kindly allow me to present this.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 6 May 2026 ·No. 23541 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 May 2026. No. 23541. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5511