The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam stated that his party, as the third largest in Parliament, has demands on the Government’s education reforms and may determine its position depending on whether the Ministry of Education responds to them. He clarified that although the party has not signed the No-confidence Motion against the reforms, it will decide its stance when the Motion is taken up. He also thanked the President for his speech in Jaffna and said parts of the Opposition were misrepresenting it on social media.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Our party is the third largest in Parliament. We have certain demands. If the Ministry of Education and the Hon. Minister of Education do not listen properly and take action on these, then, as I see it, we too will have to take a position in the future regarding this Government’s education reforms. Do not get it twisted: although we have not signed the No-confidence Motion against these education reforms, when that Motion is actually taken up, we will decide our position at that time.
¶ 02 Before I conclude, I wish to thank the President. I am grateful to him for the speech he made in Jaffna. A large section of the Opposition is trying to distort that speech and spread misrepresentations on social media.
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- Hansard, Friday, 23 January 2026 ·No. 23290 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2026. No. 23290. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14424