The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka on behalf of the Hon. Imran Maharoof

¶ 01 asked the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government:

¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House the— (i) names of the Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions in the Trincomalee District; (ii) population and the ethnic composition of each of those Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions, separately; and (iii) number of Grama Niladhari Divisions belonging to each of those Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions, separately?

¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House— (i) the number of electoral divisions in the Trincomalee District and the names of those divisions; (ii) the population of each of those divisions separately; and (iii) whether he is aware that two Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions have been established in each of the Electoral Divisions of Mutur and Trincomalee and six Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions have been established in the Seruwila Electoral Division?

¶ 04 (c) Will he further inform this House whether— (i) he admits that some injustice has been caused in the establishment of Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions for the areas where the majority are Tamil-speaking in the Trincomalee District; and (ii) steps will be taken to establish separate Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions for the areas coming under the Trincomalee Town and Gravets Pradeshiya Sabha, Kinniya Pradeshiya Sabha and Thopur Sub-Divisional Secretary’s Division in the future when establishing new Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions? If not, why?