The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition
The Leader of the Opposition referred to a Matara Police noticeboard listing a “Letter from the Civil Defence Committee” among documents required for a Police Certificate, and said that requirement had been erased after the issue was raised in Parliament. He tabled both versions of the documents and asked that the public judge whether his earlier claim was truthful, rejecting allegations that he had misled Parliament.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am taking just a minute. Please do not interrupt. It sets out here what documents are required to obtain a Police Certificate. See here: it says, “Letter from the Civil Defence Committee.” Where was this notice? On the Matara Police noticeboard. And do you know what happened afterwards? After this matter was raised in this Parliament, from today onwards that section has been erased. I will table both documents.
¶ 02 I want to ask clearly whether I lied or not. Whether I told the truth or falsified the truth, whether I made the truth a lie or a lie the truth, the people of the country will decide. We do not lie like that. We do not utter such falsehoods. I am placing all of this -
¶ 03 Placed in the Library.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 25 November 2025 ·No. 22979 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 November 2025. No. 22979. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16563