The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam sought clarification on the Government’s pledge regarding liquor bar permits, noting that the President had promised during election meetings to cancel such permits after taking office. He argued that not all MPs were involved in the alleged permit culture and questioned why the promised cancellations had not yet been carried out.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, this is my clarification. We have all heard these statements; the people have heard them. The people gave you the mandate on that basis. Not every MP took a bar permit. That is why, when your side won many districts, we also won in Batticaloa and came to Parliament. So not everyone is part of that culture. My point is this: the President said at meetings that upon coming to office we would cancel all these bar permits. That has not been done. So there is no point repeating the same talk.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 20 February 2025 ·No. 1740657427093848 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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