No sound, only fury
The faulty sound system within the Parliament chambers seems to have spread to the committee rooms of the complex as well. The microphones in the room where government spokesman G.L.Peiris was holding his weekly press briefing refused to turn on and the Minister himself had to go and alert the technical staff to attend to the matter.

Who’s holding what?
Things proceeded smoothly from then on at which point he was met with another sort of hurdle. There was a query from a journalist whether the Minister could elaborate on the newly passed Citizenship Act. Mr.Peiris said he was not familiar with the subject and would bring the minister in charge the following week to answer the query.

What he had overlooked was the fact that the former Interior Minister John Amaratunge who presented the Bill was no longer holding that post. Instead it was the President who was in charge of the subject now and would that mean he would be bringing her to answer the questions, a reporter asked. A bemused Mr.Peiris admitted that with the fast changing political scenario, he was losing track of who was holding which ministry. One thing he knew for sure though was he wouldn't be bringing the President along with him next week.

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