The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 9 October 2025 ·Adjournment: Adjournment Debate: Implementation of Manifesto - Continued Discussion

Ethnic Reconciliation & Devolution

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Minister Bimal Rathnayake stated that travelling to Switzerland to discuss federalism would not produce any practical outcome. He implied that such efforts are ineffective or irrelevant in the Sri Lankan political context.

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¶ 01 Going to Switzerland to speak on federalism achieves nothing.

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Source: Hansard, Thursday, 9 October 2025 ·No. 22973 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake - Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House of Parliament. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 October 2025. No. 22973. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7668