The Hon. (Dr.) (Ms.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya stated that certain grants did not fall within the approved sectors or the relevant legal framework, including the category for persons who had rendered service to the nation. She said the list tabled by Minister Nalinda Jayatissa indicated the grants were made at the President’s discretion outside proper procedure, and that further information would be gathered and disclosed to the public.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, it is very clear those grants were not made under the sectors we outlined. If I interpret the framework most generously and broadly, they could only fall under item 4: “grants to persons who have rendered service to the nation.” But plainly, they do not. The list tabled by our Minister, Hon. Nalinda Jayatissa, shows those were not within the legal framework; they were made at the discretion of the President, outside the proper procedure. We will gather further information and disclose it to the country.
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