Hon. Arun Hemachandra - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment
Hon. Arun Hemachandra raised a point of order during a sports debate, objecting that another Member had referred to him and was speaking on matters outside the subject under discussion. He argued that the alleged irregularities being raised related to a period when that Member was aligned with Namal Rajapaksa’s “Nil Balakaya,” and urged the House to keep the debate to the relevant topic.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Rose.
¶ 02 I rise to a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Since my name has been mentioned, I believe I have the privilege to respond. We are debating sports, but the Hon. Member is speaking on entirely different matters. I also wish to say: the irregularities he mentions occurred at a time when he was with Namal Rajapaksa—the “Nil Balakaya.”
¶ 03 There is no meaning in blaming our Government now while having been aligned then with the Blue Brigade involved in those irregularities. Let us stick to the topic.
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