Torch bearing MP asked to behave in House

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UPFA MP Sisira Jayakoday who lit a torch inside the Parliament chamber to draw attention to the power crisis was advised d by Speaker Karu Jayasuiya today to refrain from such behavior in the House in the future.

Mr.Jayakoday was summoned to the Speaker’s room today and asked to explain why he lit the torch inside the Chamber and pointed it towards the Chair as well as towards Minister of Power and Energy Ranjith Siyambalapitiya during a parliamentary discussions on the power crisis on Wednesday.

“I informed the Speaker it was an innocent form of protest to draw attention to the recent

Power breakdown,” Mr.Jayakody said. The Speaker asked him not to resort to this kind of behavior in the future.

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