The Hon. Ruwan Wijeweera
Hon. Ruwan Wijeweera concluded by endorsing the Prime Minister’s stated education reform objectives, quoting her remarks in The Island on 20 January 2026. He expressed confidence that, as Minister of Education, she would implement reforms aimed at producing intelligent, civic-minded citizens who uphold democratic values and live dignified lives.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, please give me one more minute.
¶ 02 Finally, I wish to quote what the Hon. Prime Minister stated in “The Island” of 20 January 2026. I believe that in the history of our country, the Hon. Prime Minister, as the most distinguished Minister of Education, will certainly and decisively carry this task through. Quoting her statement to The Island, I conclude my speech. She says:
¶ 03 “the reforms aim to create ‘intelligent, civil-minded citizens’ in order to build a country where people live in a civilized manner, work happily, uphold democratic principles, and live dignified lives.”
¶ 04 That is, these reforms aim to create a country where people live with civility, work with happiness, respect democratic principles, and live dignified lives.
¶ 05 Thank you very much.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ruwan Wijeweera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 January 2026. No. 23203. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22476