PRESIDENT ATTENDS PARLIAMENT SITTINGS.-AN OPEN LETTER TO HE. GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA.
Posted on May 5th, 2021

By Noor Nizam –  Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart, Convener “The Muslim Voice” and Member “Viyathmaga”.

HE. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Your Excellency should spare some of your very valuable and busy time to visit/attend parliament more frequently please. When you are re in are in attendance, the presence in parliament of MP’s of the government are nearly 99%. 

Even the presence of opposition MP’s are somewhat the same. But during the other parliamentary sittings, it is “NEARLY EMPTY”. Those MP’s and ministers who speak, only speak for the benefit “MEDIA” and the “TV cameras” in an almost empty parliament. Excellency Sir, you should bring about a “CHANGE” to this “bad parliamentary culture” please. 

MP’s who do not attend parliament during sessions should be withheld their “day’s wage/salary/allowance” as a penalty/punishment for not being present in the chambers.

please. That should NOT mean that they can come, mark present and then leave the chambers. They should be in attendence throughout the sessions.

The Hon. Speaker of the House should be adviced to follow the “rule of sitting in their allocated seats” during sessions and not to take seats behind prominent ministers or other parliamentarians just to been seen on the TV screens during broadcasted/aired. 

The “DISCIPLINED PRACTICES” of seating procedures practiced in other countries, especially in the West, should become a “parliamentary norm” in our “MAATHRUBOOMIYA”  as well, Your Excellency.

2 Responses to “PRESIDENT ATTENDS PARLIAMENT SITTINGS.-AN OPEN LETTER TO HE. GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA.”

  1. Charles Says:
    May 6th, 2021 at 1:54 am

    Agree with Nizam. The Government parliamentarians should prepare and deliver memorable speeches., without resorting to attack th stupid parliamentarians of the opposition. They shoul make speeches which have literarry value whether the speec hes

  2. Charles Says:
    May 6th, 2021 at 1:57 am

    Agree with Nizam. The Government parliamentarians should prepare and deliver memorable speeches., without resorting to attacking the stupid parliamentarians of the opposition. They shoul make speeches which have literary value whether the speeches are in English or in Sinhala

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

 

 

Disclaimer: The comments contained within this website are personal reflection only and do not necessarily reflect the views of the LankaWeb. LankaWeb.com offers the contents of this website without charge, but does not necessarily endorse the views and opinions expressed within. Neither the LankaWeb nor the individual authors of any material on this Web site accept responsibility for any loss or damage, however caused (including through negligence), which you may directly or indirectly suffer arising out of your use of or reliance on information contained on or accessed through this Web site. All views and opinions presented in this article are solely those of the surfer and do not necessarily represent those of LankaWeb.com.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 5th, 2021. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response.

Copyright © 2024 LankaWeb.com. All Rights Reserved. Powered by Wordpress