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The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 18 November 2025 ·Debate: Committee Stage Debate: Appropriation Bill 2026 - Defence and Public Security Expenditure Heads

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Bimal Rathnayake stated that security professionals are already addressing the relevant tasks, while acknowledging the concern that they may not be carried out properly. He asked the Member, as someone who had been in government, to provide a basic or substantial list of identified lands so they could be referred to security experts. He also requested that the relevant circular be sent to him and to the Minister of Defence.

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¶ 01 Hon. Member, I am not interrupting you. The security professionals are already handling those tasks. You are raising a question that even if they are doing it, it is not done properly.

¶ 02 Since you were in government, provide a basic list of the lands you identified – even a substantial portion. Then we can hand those over to security experts.

¶ 03 Please send the circular to me and to the Minister of Defence.

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Hansard, Tuesday, 18 November 2025 ·No. 22927 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 November 2025. No. 22927. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26034