The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Dayasiri Jayasekara cited the parliamentary Code of Conduct approved on 7 March 2018, specifically the clause prohibiting the use of public funds, property, or facilities for party political activities unless allowed by law. He argued that salaries paid from public funds, including the Consolidated Fund, should not be used for party purposes and urged the Deputy Minister to read the provision.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, since Hon. Sunil Watagala, Deputy Minister, is here, I wish to show him this: the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament.
¶ 02 Please quickly allow me to finish. This is the Code of Conduct approved by Parliament on 7 March 2018. It states at clause 23:
¶ 03 “Members shall use public funds, property or facilities only as permitted by law for public purposes. Such public funds, property or facilities shall not be used for party political activities unless specifically provided for by law.”
¶ 04 Public funds include consolidated funds that pay our salaries. Using that salary for party purposes is wrong. Please read it.
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 June 2025. No. 1750240054043973. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7819