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The Hon. Ananda Wijepala

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

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At the Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill, 2026, Ananda Wijepala moved an amendment to Head 189 to revise the allocation for Programme 01, Operational Activities, to Rs. 19,640,090,000 recurrent and Rs. 3,178,000,000 capital. The amendment reflects transfers required under Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 2458/65 of 18.10.2025, moving provisions for the Office of the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation and the National Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations from Head 189 to the relevant ministries.

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¶ 01 Hon. Chairman, at the Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill, 2026, I move the following Amendment to Head 189:

¶ 02 "On page 31, delete line 11 and substitute the following item:

¶ 03 'Programme 01 Operational Activities Rs. 19,640,090,000 Rs. 3,178,000,000'"

¶ 04 (The objective of this Amendment is, consequent to Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 2458/65 of 18.10.2025, to transfer the Recurrent provision of Rs. 879,590,000 and the Capital provision of Rs. 343,000,000 to the Office of the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation from Head 189 - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, and, consequent to the same Gazette, to transfer the Recurrent provision of Rs. 88,500,000 and the Capital provision of Rs. 3,000,000 allocated under Head 189 for the National Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations to Head 124 - Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment.)

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Hansard, Tuesday, 18 November 2025 ·No. 22927 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Ananda Wijepala. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 November 2025. No. 22927. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26174