Clash in the House: Video and report to be made public

The full CCTV footage and the report over the clash in Parliament on Tuesday would be released to the media and the people according to a decision taken at a Committee meeting Chaired by the Speaker, Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said.

The report was prepared by the Deputy Speaker Thilanga Sumathipala, who headed the committee. Selvam Adaikalanathan was the other member in the Committee.

The report was handed over to the Speaker yesterday and the MPs has been suspended over the clash.

“The majority of the Parliament members said all actions taken in Parliament should be transparent if the Parliamentarians were willing to protect the dignity of Parliament,” he said.

“There is no authority to hide anything as Parliamentarians. The public already had seen the incident through many news bulletins and the internet,” he said. (Chaturanga Pradeep)