Courtesy Hiru News

Parliamentarian Ramanathan Archchuna has announced that he will travel to Geneva next week to file a complaint against Speaker Jagath Wickremaratne and Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake with the United Nations Human Rights Council.

According to the MP, he was denied the opportunity to speak in Parliament for nearly a month and a half, from March 19 to May 9, without any valid reason.

He stated that this interference with his right to freedom of speech in Parliament is the basis of his complaint.

The MP claims the Speaker decided to prevent him from speaking in response to a complaint from Minister Bimal Ratnayake.

He had previously raised the issue as a matter of privilege with the Privileges Committee, which, according to him, found him to be innocent.

With evidence of the injustice done to him and the findings of the Privileges Committee, the MP says he will now take his case to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

He also mentioned that he has already filed a complaint with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and will visit their office in Geneva to provide further details on the matter.