(Lanka-e-News- 15.May.2016, 11.45PM) It is by now well known , blood letting and mayhem flared up for the first time within the sublime parliament in Sri Lanka because of the crude ,barbaric behavior and hooliganism displayed by the blood lusty hoodlums of Medamulana pro Rajapakse group of ‘frogs inside the well’ to whom there is no better civilized world than the ‘Medamulana world’ of violence and mayhem, after having crept into the August assembly on the votes of the gullible Sri Lankans.
Just a few days later , the same hoodlums used foul and filthy words such as para balla (stray dog) and vesige putha (bastard) on the parliamentary secretary who is discharging grave responsibilities , while also threatening him and obstructing his duties , as a result of which the secretary had to flee from his seat .
Parliament is a legislative body enacting laws . Therefore the ordinary criminal laws do not apply to the parliamentarians , and are governed by standing orders and privileges only . Hence , uncouth parliamentarians within it cannot be held liable under the ordinary criminal laws, is the common and popular view.
A famous senior legal luminary however told Lanka e news that this opinion is based on a fallacy , and on both these occasions the action taken by the speaker in parliament was not strong enough . It is possible to take decisions reaching out beyond that speaker’s ambit , he pinpointed.
In such circumstances of hooliganism and violence , the parliament can be adjourned , and while invalidating the privileges attaching to the parliamentarians during the period between the commencement and end of violence , the incident ought to be probed into under the ordinary laws of the country , and towards this the speaker has the powers, the legal luminary asserted. In such instances , the speaker can hand over the investigation to the CID to probe from the time the violence began and until it ended.
Speaking to Lanka e news , the legal luminary went on to comment as follows:
No country in the world has provided opportunities to parliamentarians to engage in violence under the pretext of parliamentary privileges and exploit those to create mayhem . The parliamentary privilege of an M.P. does not deprive the civil rights of another citizen ,the legal expert pointed out.
In the circumstances ,Lanka e news ,its viewers and law abiding citizens are earnestly anticipating that the Hon. Speaker Deshamanya Karu Jayasuriya , and deputy speaker Thilanga Sumathipala will pay immediate attention to this dire issue before it degenerates further , because this involves violence , mayhem and shameless conduct of parliamentarians who have been elected by the people to represent them at the August assembly with the hope that they would not only honor their undertakings but also set an example to others in conduct not as rowdies and rascals but as individuals of honor and dignity .
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Parliamentary privileges has its limits. Suppose the injured MP dies in the course of some days due
to medical implications, will this not amount to murder? With the law & order situation in the country gone to dogs, it does not matter if a murder takes place in Parliament, the court case if an will be
concluded after say 10 yrs,!
-- by punchinilame on 2016-05-16
