Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva
Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva argued that if farmers or vulnerable individuals were misled by promises or narratives presented to them, it raises ethical and moral concerns. He emphasized that data represents real household experiences and that political narratives presented to the public must be implemented rather than merely used for persuasion.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 …if the farmer was misled, if that helpless mother, as Hon. Lakmali Hemachandra said, was misled, there is an ethical issue there; a moral issue. Sir, like the Hon. Lady Member said, data is data. There are always stories behind each set of data. You are a social anthropologist, so you know that very well. These stories together make the nation. Every household has a story. So, you told a story; you sold a story. That story, you have to actually implement. Otherwise, what you are doing is not something you should be doing ethically. That is what I have to say.
¶ 02 Thank you very much for the time given.
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2025. No. 1736487038022510. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16011