The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake stated that the entities in question were accredited, even if some measures may have been lacking. He argued that an error had occurred but rejected attempts to attribute personal responsibility to Minister Jayakody, saying there was no basis to claim the Minister’s intervention caused the issue.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I say the entities were accredited; if they lacked some measures, that is another matter. What I am saying is, even if not our local accreditations, they were accredited bodies.
¶ 02 There has been an error. You are now trying to pin that error on Minister Jayakody personally. You could just as well blame me if a bus I rode in crashed. Therefore, I reiterate: there is no argument that his intervention caused this issue. An error has occurred.
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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/6193