The Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana
Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana spoke during the adjournment debate on the 2024 Mid-Year Fiscal Position, arguing that the recent electoral mandate reflected heightened public scrutiny and rejection of former parties associated with corruption and economic collapse. He said the Government must respond to public expectations, while criticizing the Opposition’s frequent use of points of order as an attempt to obstruct the new mandate and return to past political practices.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson of Committees, thank you for the opportunity to speak on the motion to adjourn regarding the 2024 Mid-Year Fiscal Position.
¶ 02 Today, our citizens are more engaged in public political processes than ever—thinking critically and holding Governments to account beyond casting a vote. Those old, powerful, corrupt parties that ruined and bankrupted the country saw their vote shares plummet; the people consigned them to the dustbin. With this transformative mandate comes responsibility for us to be sensitive to people’s expectations and to deliver.
¶ 03 We have managed this House for over a month. From the outset, the Opposition’s most heard words were “Point of Order.” Their aim seems to be to derail the people’s hard-won mandate and drag us back to the old order. The opportunity now lies with us to move forward with the people’s new expectations.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 ·No. 1736487038022510 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2025. No. 1736487038022510. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16054