The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Kurunegala· 4 June 2025 ·Adjournment: Adjournment Questions: Tax Revenue and Decentralized Budget Provisions

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Dayasiri Jayasekara objected that Opposition MPs had not been informed about decentralized fund allocations despite having voted to approve them. He said District Secretaries should notify all relevant MPs or raise the matter at District Coordinating Committees, and asked the Minister not to justify the omission. He argued that such funds should be administered without distinguishing between Government and Opposition MPs, citing the scheme’s origins under N. M. Perera in 1974.

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¶ 01 Hon. Minister, generally when it is sent to the District Secretary, he should inform the respective MPs. This is not about Government or Opposition. That is what I am saying. At the very least, it should have been informed at the District Coordinating Committee. This is the normal practice. Please do not cover it up, Hon. Minister. You know exactly what is happening. Give me one minute; I will finish this.

¶ 02 Here in this House, there are many Opposition MPs. None of them has received any notification regarding decentralized funds. They all voted to approve the allocations. At the very least, we should have been called to the Coordinating Committee and informed. Hon. Minister Ananda Wijepala is here — we discussed this at that meeting as well. Yet, to date, we have received no information. We do not know the method for disbursement. This is completely unfair. Remember this: when we gave decentralized funds in this Parliament, we did not distinguish between Government and Opposition. In 1974, N. M. Perera started this with Rs. 500,000.

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 4 June 2025 ·No. 1750240054043973 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 June 2025. No. 1750240054043973. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7841