Don’t make Parliament a Kolam Madu - Deputy Speaker

Sandasen Marasinghe, Irangika Range and Disna Mudalige

Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody yesterday urged against converting Parliament into a Kolam Madu, when DNA MP Ajith Kumara protested in front of the Chair displaying a poster requesting that he be allocated time to speak even though the time allocated for the DNA had lapsed.

The DNA MP protested during the committee stage debate on the Appropriation Bill under the finance heads of the Defence and Urban Development Ministry just after Chief Government Whip and Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardena concluded his speech.

At this stage, MP Ajith Kumara requested to allot a time for him to speak. Then the Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody and Sergeant-at-Arms Anil Parakrama Samarasekera intervened and separated the two members.

Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody appealed against converting this august assembly in to a Kolam Madu.

He also added members could express their views verbally.