Speaker Karu Jayasuriya will receive the report of the Special Parliamentary Committee that investigated into the unruly incidents in the Chamber on November 14, 15 and 16 on Tuesday (22).
Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri told the Daily News that the report would be handed over to the Speaker prior to the commencement of the sittings.
The Committee, chaired by the Deputy Speaker, finalised the report last week. The Speaker is expected to forward the report to the Attorney General to take legal action against the MPs responsible for the unruly incidents under the Parliament Powers and Privileges Act.
The Deputy Speaker said that the report has identified the MPs who were directly involved in the unruly incidents in the Chamber.
The six-member Committee appointed by Speaker Jayasuriya on November 29 also includes MPs Chamal Rajapaksa, Bimal Rathnayake, Mavai Senadhiraja, Ranjith Maddumabandara and Chandrasiri Gajadheera. However, UPFA MPs Chamal Rajapaksa and Chandrasiri Gajadheera did not attend the committee meetings.The CID is conducting a separate investigation into the incident. The Valuation Department has estimated the replacement value of Parliament property damaged during the incident to be over Rs.300,000.
Attacking Police personnel and MPs with water mixed with chilli powder and a wooden chair, sneaking in a knife into the Chamber, pouring water on the Speaker’s Chair, damaging the microphones on the Speaker’s table, hurling the copies of Constitution and other books at MPs, exchanging fisticuffs, hurling abuses at the Chair and conducting mock sittings were some of the indecent incidents unveiled in Parliament on November 14, 15 and 16.
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