The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Moved, on behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, to approve the declaration under Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No. 61 of 1979, published in Special Gazette No. 2473/13 of 28 January 2026 and laid before Parliament on 3 February 2026. The motion was agreed to, after which Parliament was adjourned until 17 February 2026.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 On behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, I move:
¶ 02 “That, under Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No. 61 of 1979, the declaration published in Special Gazette No. 2473/13 of 28.01.2026 and laid on 03.02.2026 be approved.”
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 04 Adjournment
¶ 05 It being past 5.30 p.m., the Hon. Speaker adjourned Parliament without Question put. Parliament adjourned accordingly at 6.29 p.m. until 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 17th February, 2026.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 February 2026. No. 23270. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4742