The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana
Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana questioned why substantial funds were spent on National Disaster Management Plan workshops, including one involving the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, while authorities allegedly failed to prepare for or mitigate the disaster in question. He argued that the disaster was not properly managed, resulting in loss of life, and demanded government accountability for those deaths.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will conclude in a few seconds, Hon. Deputy Chairperson.
¶ 02 Finally, let me say this. A workshop on the National Disaster Management Plan was held with the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha, at the Courtyard by Marriott. With all this information in hand, why did they spend tens of millions on workshops but fail to prepare for and mitigate a disaster like this? Why was the unmanaged disaster not properly handled? Innocent people paid with their lives. The Government must account for those lost lives.
¶ 03 Thank you.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2025. No. 23059. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23506