The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam sought clarification on whether the Motion would be amended to remove reference to the “Provincial Council Elections Act.” He argued that, since a Special Committee on Provincial Councils already exists and Government members would have a majority on any new Select Committee, Parliament should either delete that reference and pass the Motion or bring a new Motion rather than creating another committee on the same subject.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please clarify: are you proposing to amend this Motion today? If the part “Provincial Council Elections Act” is deleted and the Motion is passed today, then pass it, Hon. Speaker. The Government will have eight Members on it; the Opposition will have around four on any Parliamentary Select Committee, and the Chair is with the Government. So we cannot change the decisions they make.
¶ 02 Therefore, our request is this: when there is already a Special Committee on Provincial Councils, do not approve another Committee on the same subject. Either delete the words “Provincial Council Elections Act” and pass this today, or bring a brand-new Motion. I do not understand why, when Hon. Ravi Karunanayake agrees, anyone else has an issue.
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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/5990