The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake stated that the Government had agreed to allow the Opposition’s Adjournment Motion because it was presented as a matter of national importance and had been discussed earlier. He raised a procedural objection that the relevant Member was absent, noting that an Adjournment Motion cannot be taken up when the Member responsible for it is not present in the House.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, after Standing Order 19, there is also 20. Firstly, the Opposition has repeatedly said this Adjournment Motion concerns a matter of great national importance. Because it is important, we, as the Government side, agreed this morning to allow the Motion—this was discussed yesterday. At this moment, the relevant Hon. Member is not in the House. You know, when adjourning the House for the Adjournment Motion, without the relevant Member present, the Motion cannot be taken up.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 June 2025. No. 1751280704002343. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6861