Sri Lanka, Sept. 10 -- Parliamentarian Ramanathan Archchuna has announced that he will travel to Geneva next week to file a complaint against Speaker Jagath Wickremaratne and Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake with the United Nations Human Rights Council.

According to the MP, he was denied the opportunity to speak in Parliament for nearly a month and a half, from March 19 to May 9, without any valid reason.

He stated that this interference with his right to freedom of speech in Parliament is the basis of his complaint.

The MP claims the Speaker decided to prevent him from speaking in response to a complaint from Minister Bimal Ratnayake.

He had previously raised the issue as a matter of privilege with the Privileges Committee, which,...