The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake rejected criticism over fertilizer distribution, stating that the Government could only have distributed fertilizer if it had already been available and loaded when it assumed office. He urged Members to keep Question Time procedural, with Ministers answering questions and only two supplementary questions allowed, and asked that proceedings move on without further political exchanges.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 If fertilizer had already been loaded in lorries when we took office, we could have distributed it. This is a country that had been ruined. But we will not go into that debate. Hon. Speaker, we are requesting that Members ask questions and Ministers answer; limit to two supplementaries. I even answered a matter outside my purview. But we will not get dragged into stage plays. I am sorry. Please allow the next questions to proceed.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 December 2024. No. 1735286612086554. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12085