The Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana
Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana referred to arrests and allegations involving misuse of public funds, counterfeit medicines, substandard eye drops, fertilizer procurement losses, and illicit assets linked to political figures. He argued that these incidents reflect a harmful political culture and asked what urgent measures would be taken to reform political conduct and accountability.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Second supplementary: Many political representatives who stole public wealth have been arrested; counterfeit medicines killed people; substandard eye drops blinded patients; fertilizer scams cost USD 6.9 million without delivering a single grain; even a President’s son is under arrest with illicit assets in elders’ names. This toxic political culture must end. What urgent measures will you take to change this culture within politics?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 6 August 2025 ·No. 1755159820030645 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 August 2025. No. 1755159820030645. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17023