The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition
Hon. Sajith Premadasa emphasized the need for Youth Clubs at all administrative levels to operate without party bias, allowing young people to advance on merit. He cited previous funding of Rs. 150 million to the Youth Parliament and Youth Club Federation, which he said enabled youth-led projects worth Rs. 450 million and later contributed to the “Gamata Koratiyak” programme delivering services valued at Rs. 900 million. He argued that these initiatives showed the value of cross-party and inclusive youth participation beyond ethnic, religious, and social divisions.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, thank you. We raised this to ensure Youth Clubs, from GN Division to Divisional Secretariat, District and National level, function free of party bias. Any young person should be able to progress on merit from the village Youth Club upwards. For the first time, the Youth Parliament and Youth Club Federation together received Rs. 150 million for divisional work, which youth leveraged to deliver projects worth Rs. 450 million by working across party lines. That success led to the “Gamata Koratiyak” programme, delivering Rs. 450 million, which youth doubled to Rs. 900 million in services, operating beyond party, ethnic, religious or social divides. Therefore—
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