The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam opposed the proposed amendment to remove the section on Provincial Councils from the Motion, noting that a parliamentary Select Committee on Provincial Council Elections is already considering the matter. He asked the Speaker to rule, after consulting officials, whether the words “Provincial Council Elections Act” could be deleted and the Motion passed immediately, or whether the amended Motion should be brought back on the next sitting day.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, Hon. Ravi Karunanayake is proposing to remove from this Motion the part dealing with Provincial Councils. That is an amendment; he is presenting it as an amendment. You know there is already a Select Committee of this Parliament on Provincial Council Elections. Common sense dictates you cannot examine the same subject in two places. Therefore, we oppose this, Hon. Speaker.
¶ 02 However, since Hon. Ravi Karunanayake himself proposes it as an amendment, please give a Ruling—after consulting the officials—whether we can delete the words “Provincial Council Elections Act” and pass this Motion today, or else ask that it be brought back, as amended, on the next sitting day.
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Cite as: The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 February 2026. No. 23279. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5973