The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan
Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan said his party does not oppose the Budget’s development objectives, noting that a government Bill had passed unanimously the previous day with 187 votes. He urged the Government to use the current political moment to bring forward a federal-based solution to the ethnic issue, asserting that it would receive support in Parliament and among the Sinhala public.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please, one minute. Why can you not speak now about what was agreed then? The Budget is for the development of the country; we do not oppose that. Yesterday, you would have seen in this House, a government Bill was passed unanimously with 187 votes. Please bring a federal-based solution to the ethnic problem of this country. Many here will support it. Not only that, the Sinhala people too will accept it. Use this time as the opportunity. This is a remarkable period. I record this again and conclude.
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