The Hon. Nishantha Jayaweera
Nishantha Jayaweera said the first supplementary question would be considered, while noting that a second issue concerning licences issued during the previous Government is before court. He stated that the licences were allegedly issued irregularly to associates during an election period and subject to conditions, but argued that further discussion of the procedure would be inappropriate because the matter is sub judice.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 We will consider the first supplementary you properly raised.
¶ 02 As to the second: it has been revealed that during the previous Government, at a time when an election had been declared, these licences were issued irregularly to their associates. A case is pending in court regarding this, so it is not appropriate to discuss it in detail here. However, the licences have been given subject to conditions. The issue now is not strictly the legality of the instrument, but that the licences were issued to favourites during an election period. Since the matter is sub judice, we should not discuss the procedure further here.
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Cite as: The Hon. Nishantha Jayaweera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 February 2026. No. 23269. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12927