The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Rasamanickam objected that points of order under Standing Order 92 should be heard before being curtailed, stating there was a possible constitutional issue to raise. He referred to concerns about CIABOC and the Constitutional Council, alleging that a member involved in approving an appointment had an entry before CIABOC and that complaints involving National People’s Power Ministers and others were not being pursued. He also began to refer to a bank robbery in Batticaloa before being cut off.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, when we ask for a point of order under Standing Order 92, first hear the matter. There is a suspicion that the Constitution has been violated; please allow space to raise it.
¶ 02 Regarding CIABOC, a serious issue has been raised by Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara. A member of the Constitutional Council that approved the name has an entry in the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption. There is no separate inquiry into that. Complaints against Ministers of the National People's Power at CIABOC are also not being questioned. Just last Saturday we saw a complaint regarding Lakmali Hemachandra’s father at CIABOC—nothing is being done. I will conclude. In Batticaloa, a bank was robbed—
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Cite as: The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 October 2025. No. 22573. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9906