The Hon. Sajith Premadasa
Sajith Premadasa challenged the handling of microphones in the chamber, requesting that the Secretary-General provide a report on when microphones were switched on or off for Government and Opposition speakers to assess any pattern. He also defended his earlier references to incidents in Hakmana and Kamburupitiya, stating that they were evidence-based and that he had not misled Parliament.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, I challenge this: ask the Secretary-General to provide a report on when mics were on/off for Government vs Opposition speakers. Then we can see the pattern.
¶ 02 I responsibly state: I did not lie. The cases I cited from Hakmana and Kamburupitiya are supported by evidence. I do not speak without sources. We will not make truth into lies or lies into truth.
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- Hansard, Monday, 24 November 2025 ·No. 23008 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sajith Premadasa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 November 2025. No. 23008. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15378