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The Hon. Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Vanni· 15 November 2025 ·Debate: Debate: Committee Stage - Appropriation Bill 2026, Special Spending Units (Heads 1, 2, 4-11, 13, 16-25)

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Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran stated that allocations under the President’s Head cover the Clean Sri Lanka Program, Poverty Alleviation Program, and Digital Sri Lanka initiative, which are intended to deliver development benefits to the public. He said the Government operates without discrimination based on race or language and expressed confidence that the policy targets would be achieved within five years.

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¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chair, please allow me one more minute.

¶ 02 Under the President’s Head, we have included the Clean Sri Lanka Program, the Poverty Alleviation Program, and the Digital Sri Lanka initiative—so we can deliver various development benefits to the people. Our Government is one without discrimination of race or language. As stated in the policy declaration, we will certainly achieve our targets over the next five years. Thank you.

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Hansard, Saturday, 15 November 2025 ·No. 22870 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 15 November 2025. No. 22870. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29025