The Hon. (Mrs.) Chamindranee Kiriella, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. (Mrs.) Chamindranee Kiriella responded to remarks concerning figures she had tabled, stating that her office obtained them from the District Secretariat the previous day and that she had no reason to submit false data. She questioned whether incorrect documents had been provided to Opposition MPs and objected to comments about her vote count, saying no Member had the right to disparage those who voted for her.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Presiding Member, the Hon. Member mentioned my name. I wish to state: as I said, my office obtained these figures yesterday from the District Secretariat. If they were false, I would not have tabled them here. I do not need to table false data. I tabled what we were given. I do not know if the District Secretariat was instructed to give wrong documents to Opposition MPs.
¶ 02 He also spoke about my vote count. He has no right to deride the people who voted for me. He represents Gampola. Just because he got more votes than I did does not make him more valuable than me. Let us see at the next election—I doubt many here today will secure even 5% of the votes they got last time.
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