The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake

New Democratic Front· Badulla· 19 February 2026 ·Debate: Debate: Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill and Judicature (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading

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Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake requested additional time and asserted that he and the Leader of the Opposition were not responsible for the queues being discussed. He urged the House to acknowledge the existence of a shortage and rejected the suggestion that they were engaging in media-oriented theatrics.

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¶ 01 Please give me another minute. We do not have beards, neither you nor I—so please accept some of what we say. The Leader of the Opposition and I did not create these queues. We are not media performers. Please accept that there is a shortage.

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Source: Hansard, Thursday, 19 February 2026 ·No. 23328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 February 2026. No. 23328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30387