Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa has urged Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya to immediately reconvene Parliament to address the ongoing flood and landslide crisis affecting the country.
In a post on X, Rajapaksa said he had formally requested the Prime Minister to summon Parliament under Standing Order 16, citing the need for urgent parliamentary oversight as communities face what he described as unprecedented hardship.
Rajapaksa said entire villages have been submerged, homes destroyed and families displaced, with many children now without access to food or clean drinking water.
He said that thousands remain in temporary shelters or continue wading through floodwaters each day, unsure whether their homes will withstand further rain.
Rajapaksa noted that more than one million people are currently grappling with loss, hunger, illness and uncertainty.
“Until every family is brought back to safety and dignity, and until relief reaches every affected community, this House must sit, every week if necessary, to monitor, debate and ensure that government promises become real assistance on the ground. Standing with our people now is not politics; it is our moral duty,” he said.
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