The Hon. Mano Ganesan
Hon. Mano Ganesan urged the Minister to reconvene the Ministry Consultative Committee meeting, noting that it had not been held since July despite prior meetings, reminders in Parliament, and written requests. He said the delay had prevented discussion with officials on an amendment initiated by former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and previously considered by Cabinet, and requested that the process resume from where it had stalled, describing the matter as sensitive and democratic rather than political.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, I am not raising this to blame you, but we met you months ago—you know that. I, together with Hon. Sujith Sanjaya Perera, met you and handed over documents. It was delayed. Later, we reminded you in Parliament on several occasions. Then we wrote to the Secretariat asking to convene the MCC meeting at the Ministry. Since last July, it has not been convened. Yes, I received a reply; I informed the Hon. Speaker and wrote to you asking for an MCC meeting. It is now almost a year; for months it was not convened. Had it been convened, we could have discussed it there with the officials. Hon. Minister, you have many subjects before you; therefore, this gets delayed. We can spare a day. Former Minister of Justice Hon. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe had initiated this amendment; it was discussed at Cabinet. It only needed to start from where it paused. We request that you resume it from that point. Please do it, Hon. Minister. This is a sensitive, democratic matter, not a political one.
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- Hansard, Friday, 23 January 2026 ·No. 23290 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Mano Ganesan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2026. No. 23290. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14461