The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 11 March 2025 ·Debate: Appropriation Bill, 2025 – Committee Stage Debate (Heads 186, 196, 227)

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Bimal Rathnayake stated that the equipment in question had been procured by the previous government for the relevant programme. He disputed any implication that the current speaker or administration had brought in the machines themselves.

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¶ 01 You now speak as if you brought the equipment. Those machines were procured under the previous government for the programme.

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Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 11 March 2025 ·No. 1743759139093629 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 March 2025. No. 1743759139093629. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19023