The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake argued that Members raising points under Standing Orders should clearly identify the relevant provision and that the Parliamentary Secretariat should advise the Chair on its applicability, specifically regarding Standing Order 92(2)(a). While accepting the Deputy Speaker’s ruling, he requested that the question to the Prime Minister be stated clearly and maintained that a point of order should not be raised against the Prime Minister in that manner.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is true that authority lies with you. Any Member can raise something under Standing Orders, but the House should know the specific Standing Order. The Secretariat should guide whether 92(2)(a) applies. Otherwise anyone can raise anything; there are 140 Standing Orders. We agree with the Chair’s ruling, but Standing Orders are Standing Orders. The Secretariat has a responsibility to advise.
¶ 02 This question was to the Hon. Prime Minister. After your ruling, please ask him to state his question clearly so we can all learn. What are we doing now? When someone cites Standing Order 92(2)(a), we must know it. Hon. Dayasiri, we tolerate—but my position is that you cannot raise a point of order to the Hon. Prime Minister in this manner.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 6 February 2025 ·No. 1739271735020022 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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