The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara questioned the Minister’s earlier statement about cancelling media licences, noting that media institutions carry significant responsibilities and may report critically on the Government. He asked whether the Minister still holds that position and whether the Government intends to cancel licences already issued to media organisations.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 My second supplementary: You are compassionate on some matters, Hon. Minister. But you raised a serious issue: cancelling media licenses. Media institutions bear great responsibility and sometimes expose matters of this Government—hence the friction. No Media Minister in history has said he would cancel media licenses. Are you still of that view? Will you proceed to cancel already-issued licenses?
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- Hansard, Friday, 9 January 2026 ·No. 23149 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 January 2026. No. 23149. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/1607