The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake argued that a failure should not automatically be treated as a procedural lapse or personal fault, noting that external causes are recognized in sectors such as shipping and insurance. He said the Opposition was constructing a political narrative without substance and suggested that the technical issue of why accredited laboratories approved the relevant items should also be examined.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, they took about ten minutes; please give me a little more.
¶ 02 My point: an error does not always mean a procedural error or a personal fault; external causes can also lead to failure. Ask anyone in shipping and insurance—that is why insurance and arbitration exist.
¶ 03 Here, a problem has arisen. Politically, since you lack substance, you are crafting a narrative. Even the Leader of the Opposition did not speak today; is he absent? A technical angle exists too: why did accredited labs pass these? If one wants, one can examine that angle as well.
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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/6191