The Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi
Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi clarified that his remarks were not a personal challenge to another Member. He argued that weaknesses in the legal framework allow gem buyers to under-declare export values, and said stronger laws would help prevent losses to export earnings.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, in 30 seconds: I did not challenge the Hon. Member personally. In practice, buyers do not declare true values at export because the legal framework is inadequate. If such laws existed, the gem industry would not harm export earnings.
¶ 02 Question put, and agreed to.
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Cite as: The Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 October 2025. No. 22640. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13946