The Hon. Harshana Rajakaruna
Hon. Harshana Rajakaruna alleged misuse of public resources, including the unlawful appointment and payment of an investigations officer from Parliament funds and the provision of meals and transport. He accused government figures of using official residences and multiple vehicles despite earlier public commitments to avoid such privileges, citing the alleged ordering of 1,700 cabs and use of luxury vehicles. He called for an investigation and urged the Bribery Commission to give the matter special attention.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Furthermore, an investigations officer has been unlawfully appointed and paid from Parliament funds, with meals and transport provided. Please pay attention.
¶ 02 Another serious matter: you said you do not want official residences; that official residences will be closed. Yet now two official state residences are being used unlawfully. The Speaker says he does not want an official residence publicly, while misleading the people. You asked people if they want to see MPs coming to Parliament by bus or train like in Europe. I ask the people now: has any MP come by bus? By train? Now they have more official vehicles than needed and have ordered 1,700 cabs. Those who said they would not use 7-series or Mercedes or Range Rover now do so; even the President has new vehicles.
¶ 03 You said you do not want official residences; now you are taking them. Do not do this shameless thing. Please investigate. This is a great disgrace to Parliament; such a thing has never happened. We expect the Bribery Commission to act with special attention.
¶ 04 Thank you.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 3 February 2026 ·No. 23252 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Harshana Rajakaruna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 February 2026. No. 23252. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8819