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Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Colombo· 20 November 2025 ·Procedural: Ministerial Statement and Points of Order: 'Aruna' News Report (19.11.2025) and Related Procedural Matters

Corruption & Governance Reform
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Hon. Sajith Premadasa questioned whether the Government was attempting to create an autocracy. He stated that his claim was based on evidence and identified himself as the source of that assertion.

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¶ 01 Are you not trying to create an autocracy? That is what I am asking. I say this with evidence. The source is not God or anyone else. The source is Sajith Premadasa.

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Hansard, Thursday, 20 November 2025 ·No. 22934 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 November 2025. No. 22934. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4322