10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 9 July 2025 ·Adjournment: Adjournment Debate: Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks (21 April 2019)

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Bimal Rathnayake clarified that his brief interventions in the House were made with the consent of Hon. Chanaka and the Chair, not by virtue of his position as Leader of the House. He added that such opportunities would be available to others if they became Leader of the House, and expressed the wish that Hon. Rasamanickam would also have that opportunity.

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¶ 01 When you become the Leader of the House you will get that opportunity. Secondly, Hon. Deputy Chairperson of Committees, I rose each time with the consent of Hon. Chanaka. With the speaker’s consent such brief engagements can happen; it is not because I am Leader of the House. I wish that Hon. Rasamanickam too will have the opportunity to become Leader of the House.

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Hansard, Wednesday, 9 July 2025 ·No. 1752660241032216 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 July 2025. No. 1752660241032216. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9323