Three-day workshop for newly elected members

16 November 2024 10:02 am Views - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} 22 Bookmark

CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Follow

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It has been decided to hold a three-day workshop regarding the parliamentary system for the newly elected members of the 10th Parliament.

Acting Secretary General of Parliament Chaminda Kularathne said this workshop will be held on November 25, 26 and 27.

Also, the registration of new MPs be carried out from November 18 to 20.

Due to these activities, the leave of Parliament employees have also been cancelled from November 18 to 22.

The new parliamentary session is scheduled to meet on November 21 at 10 am.

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Steve Saturday, 16 November 2024 10:14 AM

Excellent idea. Move in the right direction. They should be taught Parliamentary language and behavior as well.

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KG Saturday, 16 November 2024 10:53 AM

This is nothing new. It’s is Business as Usual. There have been workshops for newly appointed MP’s each term.

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Colombo Citizen Saturday, 16 November 2024 11:49 AM

Not only Parliamentarians. All the Srilankans must be trained how to behave in the society. Discipline is a must to develop the country.

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BanduXX Saturday, 16 November 2024 12:56 PM

Essentially not to follow Parliamentary language and behaviour as was practised by the last four parliaments.

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M Fernando Saturday, 16 November 2024 10:35 AM

If they had elected "experienced" MP's, there would be no need to waste time and money on these classes !! I wonder what the curriculum is like and who is the tution master. RW ? Mervyn Silva ?

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D P P Prasad Saturday, 16 November 2024 10:49 AM

The number of workshops and other awareness programmes should be conducted in order to make them aware of the specially government and semi government institutions. Besides except the members like AKD Vijitha Wasantha Lalkantha Samatha Nalin Hewage Hadunnethi other members are very new to the house As we believe the entire government institutions have been engulfed with the corruption and the bribery unfortunately it is impossible to get something done without a gratification from a certain government institutions. Therefore the newly elected government under the leadership of AKD should be overly concerned about the corruptions and the misappropriations befalling in the government institutions

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Hon. Sarneris Saturday, 16 November 2024 11:01 AM

I hope they travel by bus or train, and save fuel and environment.

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Hon. Sarneris Saturday, 16 November 2024 11:02 AM

They should bring their own lunch packets and close down the heavily subsidized canteen in the parliament.

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Banku hora Saturday, 16 November 2024 11:16 AM

Can we invite Ranil lecture these L board MPs on the Constitution or rather to teach them how to rob the Central Bank.

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Merv Saturday, 16 November 2024 11:25 AM

Special Lecturer - Dr. Prof. Mervyn Silva.

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DHA Saturday, 16 November 2024 11:26 AM

Good move....in a way it's good to have a fresh crowd it will be easy to teach them rather than the old stubborn bunch we had earlier

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Vipin B Saturday, 16 November 2024 11:28 AM

What a great effort. This should be repeated at regular intervals to ensure all members follow consistent processes based on government's vision, values and strategy. Excellent move.

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sam Saturday, 16 November 2024 11:58 AM

Sitting members should also be educated!

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Bruce Lee Saturday, 16 November 2024 12:19 PM

Very good decision. Ensure that all 225 elected on 14.11.2024 attend without exception. We hope a code of conduct for all MP's will be implemented so the Government vision for a new political culture can be realized.

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Sarani Saturday, 16 November 2024 12:39 PM

This happens after every election. It is just that nobody seems to follow or learn from the program. Hopefully, it will be different this time.

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Lk Saturday, 16 November 2024 01:18 PM

A good idea rather than going to the parliament without any prior knowledge about working culture , traditions and customs of parliament all new elected Members must be given training and awareness lessons so that they can enter it with full confidence and background knowledge.. this is a good idea… But will you give them some lessons how to debate , how to ask questions , how to to talk and how to use their allocated time in a useful way for the country.. People are now watching them if they don’t have skills , they will be sent home in the next GE .. Let us work hard to learn and provide the public service .. let them discuss the real issues our country encounter.. please have some political lessons, logics and debating skills and language skills for all those New MPs .. it can be a new ideas if you can open an institute to train our new MPs in addition to the parliamentary sessions

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Aquarius Saturday, 16 November 2024 02:02 PM

Good idea. The parliament is a respected body and should reflect its stature through responsible behaviour of MPs. Unfortunately, we saw the opposite over the years. If our top institutions set the right example, the society in general will respect and follow. Besides all other issues we face, social behaviour is a priority too.

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Nihal S Saturday, 16 November 2024 04:36 PM

This is not new, this has been there always for the new members. Please emphasis on proper behavior and the languages to be used in the parliament. This is what we expect to see from ALL MPs. Good thing is that all bad MPs are out now and new members can have a good start. Only Rohitha is left from the crooked team, and I am sure he will obligate to good behaviour.

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S Saturday, 16 November 2024 04:50 PM

Firstly, if proper values and critical thinking were instilled by your parents and teachers, such questions wouldn’t arise. Experienced for what? To rob the country in broad daylight and engage in nonsense? If you are so curious, you should ask your parents who taught RW, M Silva and others who had experienced it for the last 76 years—it might explain a lot."

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ratawenuwen Sunday, 17 November 2024 01:56 AM

Someone said, If they had elected "experienced" MP's, there would be no need to waste time and money on these classes ! yes no time or money wasted but our life

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Supram Sunday, 17 November 2024 03:03 AM

Mandatory training in parliamentary etiquette inside and out side, communication skills, regular attendances, compulsory public day in constituency once a month, avoid criticism of colleagues in public are some mannerisms they have to learn. This is the first time, there are no Oxford/ Cambridge scholars as members. How many SriLanka graduates are there please ?

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Sura Sena Sunday, 17 November 2024 06:19 AM

I wonder whether the newly elected MPs and the general public knows the role of a member of parliament

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