The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya
Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya welcomed the Leader of the Opposition’s stated support for free education, while noting it differed from the position of his former political tradition. She said many issues raised were outside the scope of the Question and requested that questions not be based on social media claims. She stated that there was no decision to curtail free education or to close the Faculty of Dental Sciences at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I am glad the Hon. Leader of the Opposition now strongly defends free education—this was not the policy of his former political stream. Nonetheless, I appreciate his present stance.
¶ 02 Many issues he raised are outside today’s Question; responding to all would take time. I kindly request not to base questions on social media gossip. We have no decision to cut free education nor to close the Faculty of Dental Sciences at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 February 2026. No. 23269. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12976