The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake rejected allegations that Minister Jayakody interfered with a lawful procurement process, arguing that any such claims should be proven in court with documents. He stated that procurement timelines vary under National Procurement Commission rules and maintained that the existing process was not altered for corrupt or improper purposes.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 No, please do not say whatever comes to mind. If you claim Minister Jayakody interfered to disturb a lawful process, present that to court. Show that the lab was changed; or other such alterations were made. The National Procurement Commission prescribes different timeframes: 42 days, 21 days, maybe three months depending on the procurement. Our second point: the existing process was not changed for a corrupt or any improper purpose by the Minister. That is our argument. If you say otherwise, prove it with documents.
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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/6170