The Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe - Deputy Minister
The Deputy Minister responded that the Government should not be blamed immediately, noting that a committee discussion had taken place and that Hon. Harsha de Silva had highlighted long-standing requests from public officials for a Bill to establish a regulatory body for casinos. He said conditional approval was granted because casinos currently exist without a proper authority or law to regulate them, and stated that the new Government would intervene while not accepting responsibility for prior administrative delays.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, you do not have to place the entire blame on the Government right away. You were not in the Committee yesterday. We had a very good discussion. Especially, Hon. Harsha de Silva reminded us that for a long time, public officials have been requesting that this Bill be brought; that this is a Bill regarding a regulatory body; that it has not been brought; and that they would present it to the Cabinet on a very near date. Therefore, we granted conditional approval. We must understand that, although casinos exist, there is no authority or law in this country to regulate them. Therefore, the new Government will intervene. We cannot take responsibility at this moment for the delays of public officials.
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