10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 18 March 2025 ·Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025, Twenty-third Allotted Day - Committee Stage: Heads 149, 303, 194 and 219 (Industry and Entrepreneurship Development; Youth Affairs and Sports)

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Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage responded to Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara by stating that the Government is not beholden to anyone in cricket or any other sport and will take responsibility across the sports sector. He said vacancies are being reviewed and discussions are under way on filling them appropriately, and clarified that he had listened to the earlier remarks remotely while briefly away from the Chamber.

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¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, responding to Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara: there is no question of us being beholden to anyone in cricket or elsewhere. We are beholden to no one, and we will take responsibility across all sports. We are already studying the vacancies and discussing how to fill them appropriately. Though you said we were not in the Chamber, I listened to your speech on the phone—technology allows that—even while briefly away on work. Thank you for the minute, Hon. Presiding Member.

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Hansard, Tuesday, 18 March 2025 ·No. 1745915246032615 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 March 2025. No. 1745915246032615. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8554