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The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 6 February 2025 ·Oral question: Questions Under Standing Order 27(2)

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Bimal Rathnayake objected to disorderly conduct in the House and urged that the Leader of the Opposition either apologize to the Chair or withdraw the relevant remark. He said such behaviour should not be allowed in Parliament and warned against “thuggery” or disruptive noise in proceedings.

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¶ 01 Either let the Leader of the Opposition apologize to you or withdraw the remark. We will not allow the House to descend like this. If you want noise, do it in your party meetings. Yesterday I also said no thuggery here.

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Hansard, Thursday, 6 February 2025 ·No. 1739271735020022 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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