The Hon. Sunil Watagala, Attorney-at-Law — Deputy Minister
Sunil Watagala stated that time had been extended until the conclusion of business and responded to an allegation regarding a judge’s transfer. He said the matter cited by Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara related to a 2024 order, before the current Government was in power, and that in 2025 there had been no order to arrest and produce anyone, only an order to record statements, which had been complied with.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 How can time be over? We extended time until business concludes. My final answer: he mixed up 2024 and 2025 and read a 2024 order. We were not even in power then. He implied that after we assumed office, a judge was transferred due to an order against our MP. In 2025 no such order to arrest and produce was made. There was an order to record statements, which they complied with. That is the truth. Hon. Dayasiri has again conflated matters.
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Cite as: The Hon. Sunil Watagala, Attorney-at-Law — Deputy Minister. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 September 2025. No. 1759815459006615. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20978