The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake stated that Parliament cannot unilaterally increase salaries, noting that financial decisions fall under the Government’s authority and that the Ministry of Finance is represented on the Staff Advisory Committee. He cited the previous change to unlimited fuel allowances as an example of such decision-making. He also argued, as a matter of basic logic, that a judge should not hear a case in which a litigant has filed a complaint against that judge.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, I will not get into a debate. There is a representative of the Ministry of Finance on the Staff Advisory Committee. Parliament cannot arbitrarily increase salaries. Previously, there was unlimited fuel. We changed that. Because the Government has the authority to take financial decisions. I did not intend to speak further, but one more point: even without being a lawyer, it is basic logic that if a litigant files a complaint against the judge, the judge cannot hear the case.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 3 February 2026 ·No. 23252 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 February 2026. No. 23252. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8772