Hon. Lieutenant Commander (Rtd.) Prageeth Madhuranga

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Gampaha· 8 October 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question No. 1 – 1180/2025: AWOL Service Members

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Hon. Lieutenant Commander (Rtd.) Prageeth Madhuranga asked whether a general amnesty could be granted for all AWOL personnel, including those overseas and within Sri Lanka, to facilitate regularized discharges. He noted that taking such personnel into custody and processing them could be time-consuming and create humanitarian difficulties, and referred to previous amnesty periods as precedent.

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¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, my second supplementary: Taking all AWOL personnel—both those abroad and those within Sri Lanka—into custody and processing them can take time and cause humanitarian difficulties. Earlier, general amnesty periods have been given. Is there a possibility to allow a general amnesty period now, applicable to all, to regularize discharges?

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 8 October 2025 ·No. 22594 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Lieutenant Commander (Rtd.) Prageeth Madhuranga. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 October 2025. No. 22594. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18732