The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Dayasiri Jayasekara challenged claims regarding paddy storage, stating that while the Maha harvest was 4.6 million metric tons, storage capacity existed for two to three seasons and had been destroyed. He also questioned police action concerning the former IGP, alleging that despite visiting his house and seizing 800 bottles of whisky, police had failed to arrest him for 20 days. He further asked how police could rely on a reported consensus not to arrest six individuals, referring to statements made in the Court of Appeal and by police.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Do not lie. 4.6 million MT is the Maha harvest. Fine. There was capacity to store for two to three seasons; those are the ones you burned.
¶ 02 Hon. Presiding Member, last night police went to the former IGP’s house. They did not arrest him; they took 800 whisky bottles. For twenty days you could not arrest the IGP. Last week Hon. Lafar Thahir said in the Court of Appeal a consensus three months ago was cited; then on the 16th police issued a statement that by consensus they will not arrest these six. How can that be?
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 March 2025. No. 1748499233099643. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/25321