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The Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Gampaha· 5 December 2024 ·Debate: Debate on Vote on Account for 2025 (continued)

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Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana clarified that his earlier remarks, referring to Hon. Kabir Hashim’s statement, concerned the lack of difference in allocations for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, without attributing specific purposes to either allocation. He asked that the Hansard be checked for the detailed uses of the funds and requested that he be allowed to express his views in Parliament without being challenged on a point he had clarified.

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¶ 01 Alright, I will speak in Sinhala. My apologies.

¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, I said, based on Hon. Kabir Hashim’s statement, that there is no difference in the allocations for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and for Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe. I cited the items. I did not say which one allocated what. Please check the Hansard for what the money is used for. Do not hound me; I clarified my point. Allow me to express my views in Parliament.

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Hansard, Thursday, 5 December 2024 ·No. 1734081038099638 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2024. No. 1734081038099638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12643