{"id":62882,"date":"2019-02-10T02:41:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T07:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=62882"},"modified":"2019-02-10T02:46:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T07:46:23","slug":"investigations-show-12-mps-were-stuck-in-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=62882","title":{"rendered":"Investigations Show 12 MP’s were Stuck in the Parliament Lift for Only 10 and not 25 Minutes: Video Reveals the Trapped MPs Were Not Suffocating Without Oxygen as Alleged by Weerawansa But Were Instead Merrily Sharing Jokes and Taking Selfies During Their \u2018Ordeal\u2019."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Uditha Kumarasinghe<\/strong><\/p>\n

The hysterics by UPFA MP Wimal Weerawansa and several others who were trapped in an elevator for a few minutes in the Parliamentary complex, became a high point in Parliament this week, even though other important House businesses should have dominated the sessions.<\/p>\n

Next Tuesday, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya will receive a report about how 12 MPs were trapped in an elevator last Thursday, and he is expected to announce the findings of the report when Parliament reconvenes on February 20.<\/p>\n

The \u201cincident\u201d is still being investigated by Parliamentary authorities. OTIS Elevator Company staff which inspected the lift yesterday will continue to do so today. OTIS will provide its report on the technical aspects of all nine lifts installed in Parliament to be annexed to the principal report, Sergeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando told the Sunday Observer yesterday.<\/p>\n

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He said they have recorded information from the officials who were on duty. The full report will be handed over to the Speaker with the certification by the company after examining the condition of the lifts.<\/p>\n

Fernando said there was no truth in the allegation that those MPs were trapped in the lift for 25 minutes. \u201cWe have gone through the CCTV footage. There is a CCTV camera at the ground floor library area, and only four MPs had got into the lift from the ground floor and the others from the first floor. Altogether, there were 12 MPs in the lift,\u201d the Sergeant-at-Arms told the Sunday Observer.<\/p>\n

Despite claims by Weerawansa and other MPs that they nearly \u201cchoked to death\u201d and had nearly run out of oxygen during their entrapment, a video emerged of the trapped MPs sharing jokes and taking selfies during their \u2018ordeal\u2019.<\/p>\n

Fernando said officials were trying to determine why the alarm system did not work. The OTIS Company had brought some heavy materials weighing over 900 kilograms and placed them in the lift several times to check whether the alarm system was working properly. The condition of the nine lifts in Parliament were also being further checked, the Sergeant-at-Arms said.<\/p>\n

Nos. 6 and 7 lifts out of nine are reserved for MPs when Parliament is sitting. On Thursday, it was lift No 6 that was out of order.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese lifts are about 35 years old, but we have service staff in Parliament, and the OTIS company has also assigned two technical officers for the lifts,\u201d Fernando said.<\/p>\n

Despite the hysteria by the \u201ctrapped\u201d MPs, Fernando said that the MPs had contacted parliamentary officials about five minutes after the lift got stuck, using the emergency phone. Maintenance staff had taken action within five minutes and put the issue right. \u201cThe whole drama took about 10 minutes, and not 25 minutes,\u201d Fernando said. <\/p>\n

Courtesy:Sunday Observer<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Uditha Kumarasinghe The hysterics by UPFA MP Wimal Weerawansa and several others who were trapped in an elevator for a few minutes in the Parliamentary complex, became a high point in Parliament this week, even though other important House businesses should have dominated the sessions. Next Tuesday, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya will receive a report …<\/p>\n

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