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- 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
- Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake confirmed the motion had been referred to the Attorney General for observations. He said it contains matters before the courts, relating to a case filed by a parliamentary employee against his dismissal, and is “more or less slanderous”, and that it cannot be debated in its present form. The article carries no statement from the Speaker himself.22 Oct 2026 · Daily FT · No-confidence motion against Speaker referred to AG
- Opposition MPs said in a statement that the government’s argument that the allegations are sub judice was neither legally sound nor reasonable, that the Speaker should step aside while allegations against him are examined, and that the motion had not been referred to the Attorney General despite an understanding reached at a 12 October Committee on Parliamentary Business meeting. The article carries no response from the Speaker.27 Oct 2026 · Ada Derana · Opposition accuses government of blocking debate on No-Confidence Motion against Speaker
- The SJB and opposition MPs called for his resignation and said they would neither amend nor withdraw the allegations. They criticised the 23 October Committee on Parliamentary Business decision, chaired by the Speaker, to reject a debate unless the allegations were amended, and alleged he influenced it. The article carries no response from the Speaker.28 Oct 2026 · Newswire · Opposition calls for Speaker’s resignation, refuses to amend no-confidence motion
- The Committee on Parliamentary Business, chaired by the Speaker, scheduled the debate on the Opposition’s revised no-confidence motion for 3 November 2026, the Department of Communication of Parliament said.27 Oct 2026 · Ada Derana · Opposition’s revised No-Confidence Motion to be debated in Parliament on Nov. 3
- Leader of the House Bimal Rathnayake said the motion would not be taken up for debate on 3 November because it had not been amended in accordance with the Standing Orders of Parliament and resubmitted before 28 October. He said 3 November was allocated for an adjournment debate. The article carries no statement from the Speaker.30 Oct 2026 · Ada Derana · No-confidence motion against Speaker will not be debated on Nov. 3 – Bimal
- On 3 November 2026 Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said the motion, with 50 charges and signed by 44 Opposition MPs, was handed in on 9 October and entered in the Order Book on 12 October but later rejected on a decision of the Committee on Parliamentary Business, and called for an inquiry into whether this breached parliamentary privilege. Deputy Speaker Rizvie Salih said he had received privilege submissions after 9.00 a.m. that day and had not yet examined them. The article carries no statement from the Speaker.3 Nov 2026 · Newswire · Tense situation in Parliament over no-confidence motion against Speaker
- Reports that Opposition MPs tried to seize the ceremonial mace on 3 November 2026 during a protest over the rejection of the motion, and that the Deputy Speaker said the submissions would be examined and answered later that day. Proceedings then continued.3 Nov 2026 · Newswire · Tensions in Parliament: Opposition MPs attempt to seize mace
- SJB MP Mujibur Rahman said the Speaker was destroying democracy in Parliament by not allowing the motion to be debated, and that the reason given, a pending court case over the Speaker’s conduct, had not stopped former Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena from allowing a debate on a motion against him. The article carries no response from the Speaker.26 Oct 2026 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · Democracy in Parliament being destroyed: SJB MP
- 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