The Hon. Sunil Watagala, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Sunil Watagala responded to Hon. Ajith P. Perera’s comments on the Ombudsman and the Human Rights Commission, noting that these bodies do not exercise judicial power and that the Government supports making them more efficient. He rejected any implication that the implementation of Ombudsman recommendations weakened after the current Government took office, while accepting the broader need for institutional improvement.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, Hon. Ajith P. Perera made certain clarifications regarding the Ombudsman and the HRC. Hon. Member, you also know these are not institutions exercising judicial power. The Government has no harsh criticism of them. I stand with the position that they must be made more efficient—no issue with that. But if your speech implied that after our Government came in, recommendations of the Ombudsman are not implemented, that is somewhat incorrect. We accept the general critique that they should be made more efficient, but it is not true that they became weak after our Government.
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- Hansard, Saturday, 15 November 2025 ·No. 22870 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sunil Watagala, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 15 November 2025. No. 22870. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29041