The Hon. Aravinda Senarath
Aravinda Senarath clarified that cooperative society elections in Hambantota District are conducted by the Department of Cooperative Development, not by the JVP, and said they were held before the election proclamation. He disputed claims that the SJB had won most cooperatives, stating that Malimawa won the Weeraketiya, Hungama, Nisssa and Walasmulla multipurpose cooperatives and all zonal offices of the Hambantota District Education Cooperative.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, I need just a minute for a brief clarification. The Hon. Member made a statement regarding cooperative societies in Hambantota District. Elections of cooperative societies are conducted by the Department of Cooperative Development, not by the JVP. Moreover, all these elections were held before the election proclamation.
¶ 02 Specifically, the election of the Weeraketiya Multipurpose Cooperative Society was held on December 29. Its General Meeting was on March 16. He also said the SJB won most cooperatives in Hambantota. Not a single one was won by the SJB. Weeraketiya, Hungama, Nisssa, Walasmulla multipurpose cooperatives were all won by Malimawa. No one contested for the Hambantota District Education Cooperative either; we won all zonal offices. Therefore we reject these lies and smears. In all cooperative elections held in Hambantota District, Malimawa has won.
¶ 03 Thank you.
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