Parliament to meet tomorrow (27) to debate emergency

COLOMBO (News 1st); Parliament is scheduled to convene tomorrow (27) at 10.00 AM and the proclamation on the state of emergency declared by the Acting President under the Public Security Ordinance is to be approved after debate until 4.30 pm.

This proclamation was made by the then Acting President through the Special Gazette No. 2288/30 dated July 17, 2022, and according to the legal provisions, if the approval of the Parliament is not obtained within 14 days for the said proclamation, it will be canceled.

It is stated in the gazette that this proclamation has been issued following the powers vested in the President in terms of the Public Security Ordinance to ensure public security and the protection of the public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community. 

Meanwhile, Wajira Abeywardena, who was nominated by the Election Commission for the National List Member of the United National Party, was vacant due to the swearing-in of the President, Hon. Ranil Wickramasinghe is scheduled to be sworn in as a Member of Parliament tomorrow morning.