Parliament adjourned till Friday

Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri announced that the Parliament is adjourned till 10.30 am on Friday (November 23).

The Parliament session chaired by the Deputy Speaker commenced at 1 pm and then it was adjourned after informing all parties to nominate representatives to appoint a select committee for the Parliament.

Dinesh Gunawardena stated that his party must be recognized as the government and must be given the majority representation in the above-mentioned committee. In response Mangala Samaraweera said that currently there is no government. S.B. Dissanayake stated that a select committee cannot be appointed without a government, and therefore, a committee must be appointed recognizing his party as the government.

MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that allowing the UPFA to represent a majority in the committee would be unfair since it doesn’t have majority support in Parliament. Furthermore, he noted that MPs for the committee must be appointed according to the number of MPs of each party.

The Deputy Speaker adjourned the Parliament till Friday before another tense situation arise and the Parliament session today was limited to only seven minutes.