The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka
Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka raised concern over reports that millions of US dollars in Treasury funds had gone missing, stressing Parliament’s responsibility over public finance and the absence of reporting to the House. He stated that the Opposition had sought a debate at the Party Leaders’ meeting and by written request, and renewed the request under Standing Order 19(2)(c), supported by more than twenty Opposition Members standing in the Chamber.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, before we commence today’s main business, I seek one minute to draw attention to a matter vital to Parliament and to our democracy.
¶ 02 There is countrywide debate about the alarming incident of millions of US dollars of Treasury funds going missing. These are taxpayers’ monies; Parliament controls public finance. Yet there has been no reporting to Parliament. At the Party Leaders’ meeting chaired by you, the Opposition requested a debate this week. The Government refused. We have already requested an urgent debate with the required signatures. Now, with not less than twenty Opposition Members standing under Standing Order 19(2)(c), we again request an urgent debate.
¶ 03 [At this stage, more than twenty Hon. Members of the Opposition rose from their seats.]
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 May 2026. No. 23546. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19790