The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development and the Leader of the House of Parliament
The Minister stated that the reported collection of Opposition signatures for a No-Confidence Motion against the Prime Minister was a serious matter and should not remain unsubmitted. He said the Government had arranged the agenda for the next four sitting days but was prepared to allocate 22 and 23 January entirely for a debate if the motion was presented, and asked whether the Opposition intended to move it.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I rise on a matter of general importance. Recently, it was reported that the Opposition has collected signatures for a No-Confidence Motion against the Hon. Prime Minister. A No-Confidence Motion against a Prime Minister is a very serious matter. Therefore, submitting signatures and then not moving it is problematic. We have arranged the Agenda for the next four days. If necessary, we are ready to allocate the next two days—22nd and 23rd—entirely for the debate on the No-Confidence Motion. We ask whether the Opposition will present it.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 20 January 2026 ·No. 23200 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development and the Leader of the House of Parliament. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 January 2026. No. 23200. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8966