The Hon. Dilith Jayaweera
Hon. Dilith Jayaweera requested that any agreements signed by the Government be provided to Members for scrutiny, citing earlier calls for transparency before signing such documents. He also urged the Government to implement a unique digital identification number system, arguing that it is necessary to control and eradicate corruption and that other anti-corruption laws would be ineffective without such a mechanism.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 You shouted a lot, saying, “Do not sign agreements like that; tell the people and then sign.” So if there is nothing to hide, please give us those agreements to read. At least let a small number of us learn about them. I want to place one more matter on record. If you are genuinely committed to addressing corruption in this country, I again propose issuing a unique digital identification number. Only by issuing a unique digital number can we eradicate corruption in this country. There is no other method to take this country forward. So please do that project. You opposed it then. I saw the Prime Minister signing something on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, but I do not know exactly what was signed. In any case, please issue the unique digital identification number. Whatever laws you bring will be futile if there is no mechanism to control corruption in this country.
¶ 02 Thank you very much.
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Cite as: The Hon. Dilith Jayaweera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 April 2025. No. 1747715041076408. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15190