Prez’s Policy Statement today – The Island

The MPs have been requested to arrive at the parliamentary complex at 9.The MPs, if accompanied by their spouses, will alight from their vehicles at the Staff Entrance of the parliamentary building, while all other MPs are requested to drive up to the Members’ Entrance.To facilitate orderly arrival, the MPs are requested that the car label provided to them be pasted on the inside top left-hand corner of the windscreen of their vehicles.The MPs are requested to enter the lobbies of Parliament and to remain there until the Quorum Bells are rung.

The President is scheduled to commence the third session of the Ninth Parliament at 10 am with his Presidential Policy Statement (previously Throne Speech).President Wickremesinghe prorogued Parliament in accordance with the powers vested in him under Article 70 (1) of the Constitution with effect from midnight July 28 announcing that the third session of the Ninth Parliament will commence on Aug 3 at 10.