Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya clarified that the Office of the Leader of the House had asked for the question to be reduced to the 150-word limit, and that the revised version reached her office around noon two days earlier. She stated that the amended question differed substantially from the original and that she had not refused to answer it, but had requested two weeks to provide a response. She rejected any suggestion of a conspiracy regarding the answer to the Member’s question.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, very briefly: I checked. The Office of the Leader of the House requested that the question be reduced to the word limit—150 words. The newly amended question reached my office around noon the day before yesterday and was substantially different from the earlier one. I did not refuse to answer it; I requested two weeks to respond. There is no conspiracy regarding answers to the Hon. Member’s question.
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 October 2025. No. 22973. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7571