The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana
Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana stated that he had legitimately completed medical training, internship, and registration before entering full-time politics after his father’s death. He rejected allegations or implications of fraud regarding his medical qualifications and said he could still pursue licensing examinations to practise medicine abroad.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, I studied for six difficult years, became a doctor, completed my one-year internship, and on 2013.03.12 I obtained my registration certificate. It is not theft, not a lie, not fraud. When my beloved father, Dr. Jayalath Jayawardhana, passed away on 29 April 2013, I had to decide whether to continue in medicine or enter politics. I contested the 2014 Provincial Council election, came second in Gampaha, then entered Parliament in 2015 and became a full-time politician. If I wish to go to America tomorrow to practise as a doctor, I can do USMLE and practise; to Australia, I can do the AMC exam; to England, the PLAB exam, and practise.
¶ 02 I was unfairly named.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 December 2024. No. 1734685396083959. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18231