Proclamation of the emergency regulations by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 30 August is scheduled to be approved, post taking it to debate on 6 September from 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
This was decided at the Committee on Parliamentary Business chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.
The President enacted these emergency regulations for the provision of essential food items in accordance with the powers vested in him under Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance.
It was also decided to conduct Parliamentary sittings for the next week only on the 06 and 07 September taking into account the current COVID-19 pandemic.
