Live airing of House proceedings will show up MPs - Speaker
Parliament is keen to facilitate live broadcasts
of Parliament proceedings with the intention of building a close
relationship between Parliament and the people, Speaker Chamal
Rajapaksa said. Addressing a workshop on 'Parliament and the Press;
Building an Effective Relationship' for Parliamentary journalists
organised by the Parliament Secretariat at the Parliament complex
yesterday, the Speaker said live broadcasts will enable the public
to see how their representatives behave and speak in the House and
thereby judge whether they have elected the right persons to the
House.
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UNP hiked electricity prices by 100 percent - Pavithra
The UNP never took measures to reduce the
electricity bill. They killed over 60,000 youths after harassing
them and hanged them on electricity towers, Power and Energy
Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said.
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