Reply To:
Name - Reply Comment
Last Updated : 2024-04-23 15:53:00
25 February 2019 08:16 pm - 7 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}
The committee report on unruly incidents that took place in Parliament last November is biased towards the United National Party (UNP), the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) said today.
PHU leader and MP Udaya Gammanpila told a news briefing that out of the 59 MPs who were found guilty of various offences, 54 MPs belonged to the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), four to the UNP and one to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP).
“Most of the MPs have been accused of entering the ‘Well of the House.’ MPs have been coming to the well since 1947. Once, when the Office on Missing Persons Act was passed, even Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe came here. If this habit has never been considered as an offence before, how did entering the well become an offence today?" he asked.
He said JVP MP Vijitha Herath had been accused of approaching the Speaker to hand over the no-confidence motion.
“If this is an offence, the Speaker should have asked the MP to return to his seat without accepting the motion. If MP Herath has committed an offence, the Speaker is a part of it too. This is not the only offence committed by the Speaker. When MPs Ranjan Ramanayake and Palitha Thewarapperuma brought knives to parliament, we asked the Speaker to adjourn the parliamentary session, but the Speaker responded saying it did not matter even if pistols were brought to parliament," he said.
He said an offence should be considered an offence despite the political party to which the MPs belonged to. "It seems this committee has put the blame on everyone else other than UNP MPs. Therefore, we reject this report," he said. (Lahiru Pothmulla)
Selva Monday, 25 February 2019 08:53 PM
What ever the BIAS it was your goons have created this mess. You people not to be in the Parliament where all over the world treated as a temple for democrasy.
SOMDON Monday, 25 February 2019 09:46 PM
THIS GUY SEEMS TO KNOW EVERYTHING BUT IN FACT KNOWS NEXT TO NOTHING. HIS COMMENTS ARE GOOD FOR THE GALLERY. HIS 2 CENTS WORTH IS FOR THE GUTTERS
sivakarthi Monday, 25 February 2019 11:01 PM
Whether it is biased or not the whole incidents that you all created in the Parliamnet was seen by the entire country and why not all those involved in this incident be punished and disqualified to enter the parliamnet in the future/
TONY Tuesday, 26 February 2019 12:04 AM
SHOW US THE VIDEO RECORDING OF THE INCIDENT, WE CAN THEN SEE WHO THE WRONG DOES WERE.
Brahamitta Tuesday, 26 February 2019 01:41 AM
Though it was unruly incident, it saved the country from falling apart further. People were told what kind of members they have elected as MPs. Shame on people and their choices.
bindu Tuesday, 26 February 2019 07:20 AM
What is the colour of the hooliganism displayed in the Parliament that day.
Samson Tuesday, 26 February 2019 09:27 AM
Biased or not you have only proved that a large percentage of hooligans belong to the party you belong to. The sad part is that there were some educated persons also among the lot.
Add comment
Comments will be edited (grammar, spelling and slang) and authorized at the discretion of Daily Mirror online. The website also has the right not to publish selected comments.
Reply To:
Name - Reply Comment
On March 26, a couple arriving from Thailand was arrested with 88 live animal
According to villagers from Naula-Moragolla out of 105 families 80 can afford
Is the situation in Sri Lanka so grim that locals harbour hope that they coul
A recent post on social media revealed that three purple-faced langurs near t
21 Apr 2024
