The Hon. Sunil Handunnetti — Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development

11 September 2025 ·Debate: National Audit (Amendment) Bill Second Reading and Supplementary Estimates Debate

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Hon. Sunil Handunnetti stated that achieving full fiscal discipline requires more than the measure under discussion, referring also to the Penal Code and the Constitution. He said the Government was strengthening provisions that, in his view, had previously been weakened.

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¶ 01 I will be brief. This is not the only path to 100% fiscal discipline — the Penal Code and Constitution also matter — but we are strengthening what you weakened, and we are happy to do so.

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Source: Hansard, Thursday, 11 September 2025 ·No. 1758278142029989 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sunil Handunnetti — Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 September 2025. No. 1758278142029989. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/1504