Speaker warns MPs

by Uditha Kumarasinghe

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.”

The Speaker’s warning came after UPFA MP A.H.M. Azwar and UNP MP Sujeewa Senasinghe interrupted proceedings when the votes of the Economic Development Ministry were taken up for debate.

MP Azwar was warned when he interrupted UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake and MPs Senasinghe was warned when he interrupted Official Languages and National Integration Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara.

The Speaker last week called upon MPs to be more respectful in their behaviour in the House.