Speaker warns MPs

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday warned MPs that if they attempt to interrupt the proceedings of the House on the pretext of raising Points of Order, they would be sent out of the Chamber. The Speaker said if MPs raise Points of Order without referring to the particular sections he will send them out of the Chamber.”

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Sumanthiran's rejection of 13th Amendment:

MPs expose TNA's double standard

A cross section of Ministers and Deputy Ministers said, TNA Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran in principle had accepted the 13th Amendment which has not satisfied the aspirations of Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim Communities.

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Parliament, the most supreme

The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) hearing the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake began its proceedings on Friday while the main Opposition United National Party (UNP) seniors were busy gearing for next Saturday’s annual party Convention at which the Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe would seek to extend his term by six more years.

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President feels the pulse of the common man – Deputy Minister Faizer Musthapa

Defeating the most ruthless terrorist organisation is a unique achievement. Specially the West and many others said that the LTTE, the only terrorist organisation which had air power cannot be militarily defeated. However, the difference between President Rajapaksa and other leaders was that he expedited development in the midst of efforts to defeat terrorism. Most of our leaders were either from Gampaha or the Colombo districts.

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