Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa
Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa stated that there was no police instruction or circular requiring approval from Public Security Committee chairmen for police reports. He argued that Public Security Committees were being deliberately targeted to undermine mechanisms used to combat the drug trade, and linked criticism of the committees to opposition to anti-drug enforcement efforts.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 What is wrong? No, no, there is no wrong. I did the right thing. Do not take instructions from these fellows. Do not milk the snake.
¶ 02 Hon. Speaker, I will answer this. How many police reports are obtained in this country? Thousands are obtained daily. The Minister said there has been no instruction or circular from the police requiring approval from Public Security Committee chairmen. But why is there sustained, organized targeting of Public Security Committees? Not for any other reason. As the President said that day, these people are trying to obstruct every tool used to combat the drug trade. Creating a bad opinion about Public Security Committees is for nothing else. When work is done to curb the drug trade, these fellows get agitated.
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 November 2025. No. 22934. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4372