The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake stated that the relevant matters had been properly answered with documents that could be tabled, and argued that no substantive allegation had been made regarding the process. He said planned corruption would involve altering procedures and reducing safeguards, which had not been shown, and noted that legal action remained available while predicting the motion would be defeated.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, those have been answered with documents, technically and properly. They can be tabled. On the process, you have made no substantial allegation. If someone intends planned corruption, what do they do first, Hon. Speaker? They first change the process—dull it, reduce the guardrails, lessen the checkpoints. You have not argued that. You can always go to court later. Today’s motion will be defeated anyway; we know that. Do not be disheartened by defeat.
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- Hansard, Friday, 10 April 2026 ·No. 23479 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 April 2026. No. 23479. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6156