The Hon. Dilith Jayaweera
Dilith Jayaweera criticized the Government’s Budget as fully liberal and disconnected from village-level realities, arguing that ruling party cadres cannot defend it among rural communities. He said he had intended to address issues in the tourism sector but instead focused on what he described as the Government’s failure to represent Sri Lankans, challenging Ministers to engage directly with villagers.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Madam Deputy Chairperson, today your party’s village machinery is in the hands of those innocent cadres. How will they face the village? You cannot rescue that village machinery by giving a cab. Now they cannot walk the streets. From your dress, bearing and talk, I can see you have gone to the big capitalist place you dreamt of, and presented a fully liberal Budget and deposited a trillion in the bank – what talk is this, Hon. Minister!
¶ 02 What shameless talk! Can you go and say these in the village? Come, let us go together to the village and speak. Let us go and talk.
¶ 03 Madam, I am saddened. I wanted to discuss solutions to the problems tourism faces today. But today one thing has been further confirmed – the Government side does not represent Sri Lankans. You do not represent Sri Lankans. As I always say, you do not know – I feel sorry for you. Do not laugh. I feel sorry for you. You have been turned into puppets, grabbing hold of something from somewhere and writhing. Alas, alas, alas! Madam Deputy Chairperson, I must say one thing to you.
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- Hansard, Monday, 17 November 2025 ·No. 22912 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dilith Jayaweera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 November 2025. No. 22912. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2625