10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Galle· 19 December 2025 ·Debate: Debate: Supplementary Estimate – Head 240 – Programme 02 – Cyclone Disaster Relief (Rs. 500 Billion)

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Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka requested that the half-hour lunch break be used to continue the day’s debate, emphasizing its importance and the need to discuss the country’s problems. He directed the request to the Prime Minister through the Deputy Speaker.

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¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, today’s debate is important. As today is a special day, I request the Hon. Prime Minister to allow us to use the half-hour lunch break for this debate as well, because we are all speaking about the country’s problems.

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Hansard, Friday, 19 December 2025 ·No. 23115 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 December 2025. No. 23115. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16268