OMLANKA
UNP Parliamentarian Ajith Perera has charged that the incident which took place during the 52 days last year in which there was chilli powder attack on parliamentarians carried criminal liabilities against those responsible. There were also violations of privileges.
MEP Leader UPFA Parliamentarian Dinesh Gunawardena has charged that City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education Minister Rauff Hakeem was violating Election Laws by offering employments to thousands at the Ceylon Water Board (CWB) after the Presidential Election was announced. It is unethical and illegal to offer jobs in the backdrop of elections.
Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana has dismissed the charges made by Joint Opposition that UN Special Rapporteur Clément Nyaletsossi Voulé meeting with selected High Court judges during his ongoing visit to Sri Lanka is an infringement on their independence.
Leader of the House and Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage and Kandy Development Minister Lakshman Kiriella has expressed the view that the Parliamentary Select Committee has powers to summon persons of any, be it the Prime Minister or President of the country.
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has maintained that any avoidance of summons by Parliamentary Select Committee will be cited as contempt of Parliament.
