The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip
Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa rejected Opposition allegations of corruption against the government, stating that its actions were intended to ease burdens on the public. Referring to the day’s Geographical Indications regulations, he said the government was advancing long-delayed work to promote Sri Lankan products such as tea, cinnamon, pepper, minerals, and palmyrah products in global markets.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, let me begin by responding to Hon. Nalin Bandara. No matter how you posture, your attempts to pin corruption on this government will not succeed. We are doing this to ease the burdens on our people; old tricks and innuendo won’t work.
¶ 02 On today’s GI regulations, many Members spoke on how to take our products and brands—tea, cinnamon, pepper, minerals, palmyrah products—global. Work that should have been done previously is now being advanced.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 6 February 2025 ·No. 1739271735020022 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 February 2025. No. 1739271735020022. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/819