The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe
Mahinda Jayasinghe responded to allegations about his employment record, stating that he was dismissed in 2009 under Mahinda Rajapaksa on politically motivated and false charges. He said he was later cleared of all charges and released from service in 2015 by the Governor, and noted that parliamentary law permits trade union leaders to be released from their posts for union duties.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, their leader, Mahinda Rajapaksa, dismissed me in 2009 through political revenge, framing 12 false charges, not 11. Governor Karunaratne Divulgane, appointed by Mahinda Rajapaksa, exonerated me of all charges and released me from service on 21 January 2015. Further, under a law passed by this Parliament, trade union leaders have the right to be released from their posts; I was duly released to serve as a union leader. We did not draw pay for doing nothing. Do not throw stones from glass houses.
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Cite as: The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 July 2025. No. 1754026625097211. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18603