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.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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