The Hon. Wasantha Pushpa Kumara
Hon. Wasantha Pushpa Kumara linked the debate to the principle that health is a fundamental right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and said this underpins Sri Lanka’s health policy. He challenged an Opposition claim that state funds had not been misused by citing a 2018 Daily FT report that Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara had admitted in Parliament to receiving a Rs. 1 million cheque from a Perpetual Group-linked company.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Madam Presiding Member, under the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, health is a fundamental right of everyone. That is the basis of our health policy. From the start of this debate our Members raised key points. The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara from the Opposition said state funds were not misused. I wish to cite from the Daily FT of 26 May 2018, titled “Dayasiri admits taking Rs. 1 m cheque from Perpetual Group”: “UPFA MP Dayasiri Jayasekara in Parliament yesterday admitted that he had received a cheque for Rs. 1 million from Walt & Row Associates, a subsidiary of Perpetual Treasuries.”
¶ 02 So despite his bold claim, by his own admission—
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Pushpa Kumara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 February 2025. No. 1739175806099814. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26919