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Parliament of Sri Lanka
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- Legislature
Connections (6)
- Sajith Premadasa / Leader of the Opposition in / Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Jagath Wickramaratne / Speaker of, from December 2024 / Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Ramanathan Archchuna / Removed from the chamber of, May 2025 / Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Removed from the chamber on 8 May 2025 for disrupting a debate on amendments to the Customs Ordinance, after repeated warnings from the presiding member.8 May 2025 · Newswire · Archchuna removed from Parliament Chambers
- Deshabandu Tennakoon / Removed as Inspector General of Police by a vote of, August 2025 / Parliament of Sri Lanka
- On 5 August 2025 Parliament passed the resolution to remove him with 177 votes in favour, none against and one abstention. A committee had concluded he was unfit to hold any post in the police. He was the first sitting police chief removed by a parliamentary vote.5 Aug 2025 · Newswire · Deshabandu Tennakoon removed from post of IGP in Parliament vote
- Jagath Wickramaratne / Subject of a no-confidence motion in, October 2026 / Parliament of Sri LankaAllegation
- A motion signed by 44 opposition MPs was handed to the Secretary-General of Parliament. It sets out around 50 allegations, including misconduct, misuse of public property and breaches of procedure, and the opposition called on him to step down. The article carries no response from him.9 Oct 2026 · Newswire · Opposition MPs submit No-Confidence Motion against Speaker
- Balangoda Kassapa Thero / Arrested at protests near, February 2023 and June 2024, / Parliament of Sri LankaAllegation
- Arrested on 8 February 2023, with Kamantha Thushara, during a satyagraha blocking the road MPs used to reach Parliament for the opening of its fourth session. Earlier that morning police had tried to disperse a protest by monks against the government’s plans to fully implement the 13th Amendment.8 Feb 2023 · Ada Derana · Balangoda Kassapa Thero arrested during Satyagraha
- Arrested by police on 6 June 2024 while protesting near the Parliament complex against the proposed Sri Lanka Electricity Bill, during its second reading debate. The article does not report any charge.6 Jun 2024 · Ada Derana · Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thero arrested during protest