PARLIAMENT

Parliament Education Centre

You are invited to the Parliament Education Centre…

Sri Lanka Parliament is always an open institution.  We have discussed with you many times about Parliamentary Process, Conventions and Citizen’s Responsibility.
Our main objective is to make you aware of the following topics through the Parliament Education Centre.

1. Democracy and Parliament
   1. Evolution of the Democracy
   2. People's Sovereignty
   3. Role of the Parliament
   4. Parliamentary Practice
      
      
2. Legislative Process of Parliament
3. Parliamentary Committees and their procedures
4. Democracy and Media Reporting
5. Women Representation in Parliament
6. Constitutional Reforms in Sri Lanka after the Independence
7. Role of a Member of Parliament
8. Parliament and the contribution of the future citizen

Parliament Education Center is now ready to conduct specially designed online programs, under a few selected topics from the above, for your village, institution, school or university, bringing together experienced professionals with many years of experience in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

If your institution/organization/team is interested in such programmes, please submit a duly completed information form to our email address or contact our Public Outreach officers. We will inform you the date and time of the programme as per your submitted information.

Information Form

Name:
NIC:
Institution/Organization:
Number of Participants:
Preferred Topics:

Submit the Information Form

For more information, please contact the Department of Communication.

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Telephone: 0112777318 (Public Outreach Section)
                     0715352672
                     0779899085

Issuance of Media Passes for 2021 to the Parliament Journalists

09.02.2021

Issuance of Media Passes for 2021 to the Parliament Journalists

The issuance of the Media Passes for 2021 to the media institutions, which are accredited  with the Department of Government Information,  to cover Parliament Sittings, has been commenced.

Hence, passes for Parliament Journalists for 2021 could be obtained from the Office of the Serjeant-at-Arms by handing over the duly perfected application form attached hereto along with the pass issued for 2020 and a copy of the Media Pass issued for 2021.

This application could be collected from the Office of the Serjeant-at-Arms or can be downloaded from below.

For further details in this regard, if necessary, you may contact Mr.R.M. Jayathilake of the Office of the Serjeant-at-Arms on 0112777554 - Extension 5315.

 Application Form

Constitutional Amendment Proposals

	Proposals handed over by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya on 21.04.2022
	Proposals handed over by the Independent Group of MPs on 21.04.2022

Speaker of the Ninth Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana (born on 10th October 1945) is presently serving as the 11^th Speaker of the 09^th Parliament of Sri Lanka. Having completed his primary education at Makandura Maha Vidyalaya, and his secondary education at Central College Tellijjawila and Rahula College Matara, Mr. Abeywardana entered the University of Colombo in 1965 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1968.

Thereafter, Mr. Abeywardana joined the Government Clerical Services in the Government of Sri Lanka (1969-1971) and served as a Government Graduate Trainee – Small Industries Department (1971-1975), a Management Assistant – Government Handicrafts Emporium LAKSALA (1975-1976) and a Management Assistant - Weaving Supplies Corporation (1976-1977). Thereafter, he served as the Chairman of the Paranthan Chemical Corporation from 1977 to 1983, and as the Chairman of the Lanka Dairy Development Foundation from 1988 to 1990.

During his successful career in the public service, Mr. Abeywardana joined the United National Party Youth Front as a Central Committee Member (1974-1977) and was also elected the Chairman of the National Management Assistant Association of Sri Lanka (1974-1976).

Mr. Abeywardana made his political debut in 1983 when he was elected as a Member of Parliament from the United National Party with a substantial majority in the by-election held for the Hakmana electorate in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. He then served as a Member of Parliament until 1987 when he was compelled to resign following his vote against the controversial Indo-Lanka Peace Accord (1987).

Having resigned from Parliament, he joined the Democratic United National Front, a breakaway group of the then ruling United National Party. Thereafter, Mr. Abeywardana became Chairman of the Southern Provincial Council in 1993, and was also nominated as a Chief Ministerial candidate for the Southern Province in the same year. He became the Chief Minister of the Southern Province, a hallmark of his political career, in 1994 and served in the said post until 1999. Subsequently, he entered the Parliament in 2000 after contesting as a candidate in the 2000 General Election, having resigned from parliament, he was again appointed the Chief Minister of the Southern Province, a position he served in until 2001.

Mr. Abeywardana entered the Parliament subsequent to contesting in the 2001 General Election, and he served as a Member of Parliament until 2004. In 2004, he was appointed the Deputy Minister of Health and Nutrition until 2005 when he was appointed the Cabinet Minister of Cultural affairs & National Heritage, a position he served in until 2010. Subsequent to the 2010 General Election, Mr. Abeywardana served as the Minister of Agriculture until 2015, and thereafter, was appointed the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, a position he resigned from in 2015 itself. After his resignation, Mr. Abeywardana became a member of the newly formed Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, and served as a Member of Parliament until 2020. During this period, he served as the Cabinet Minister of Industries and Commerce in 2018 and as the State Minister of Irrigation and Rural Development in 2020.

Having been elected as a Member of Parliament in the 2020 General Election, Mr. Abeywardana was elected the 11^th Speaker of the 9^th Parliament on 20^th August 2020, a position he serves in to date. Mr. Abeywardana is married and has five children.