The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Moved, on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, for Parliament to approve a Presidential Proclamation under Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No. 61 of 1979. The Proclamation, published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2481/30 of 28 March 2026 and laid before Parliament on 7 April 2026, was approved by the House.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 On behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, I move the following:
¶ 02 “Whereas by virtue of the powers vested in the President under Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No. 61 of 1979, a Proclamation published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 2481/30 dated 28 March 2026, together with its Schedule, was laid before Parliament on 07.04.2026; this Proclamation should be approved.”
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 April 2026. No. 23475. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/28658