The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law
Harshana Nanayakkara acknowledged delays in addressing required changes to legislation introduced by Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, while stating that retrospective legislation cannot be pursued. He said the matter has been referred to the Law Commission and affirmed readiness to act once the process allows.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, I accept that there have been some delays. Some matters take time. I am not saying everything happened perfectly. But we cannot proceed with retrospective legislation on the law brought by Hon. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe. Because a change is required, I referred it to the Law Commission. Some time has elapsed; I acknowledge that. We are ready to act and to make it happen. I am aware it has been sent to the Law Commission.
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- Hansard, Friday, 23 January 2026 ·No. 23290 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2026. No. 23290. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14464