The Hon. Ashoka Gunasena
Hon. Ashoka Gunasena raised concerns that around 6,000 villagers have been unable to access services such as school admissions, business registration, bank loans, and house plan approvals following a 23 July 2024 letter from the Commissioner General of Buddhist Affairs to the Alawwa Divisional Secretary. He asked what urgent relief the Minister could provide, emphasizing that rights previously enjoyed by the villagers for generations had been disrupted.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 My second supplementary, Hon. Minister: Because of this issue, around 6,000 villagers cannot enroll their children in school, cannot register small businesses, cannot get bank loans, nor obtain plan approvals for houses. Though they enjoyed these rights for generations, they have been lost particularly after a letter dated 2024.07.23 from the Commissioner General of Buddhist Affairs to the Divisional Secretary, Alawwa. A ministry of Buddhist Affairs should act with consideration for the people. What urgent relief can you provide?
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Cite as: The Hon. Ashoka Gunasena. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 August 2025. No. 1755509552009433. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/24232