The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa
Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa said the Government would respond to Hon. Ravi Karunanayake’s question on the next sitting day. He stated that the Opposition’s proposed No-Confidence Motion against the Prime Minister related to her education reforms, and that the Government was ready to allocate 22 and 23 January for that debate. If the Opposition did not proceed with the motion, he said the Government would instead move a postponement debate on education reforms on Thursday, with the Universities (Amendment) Bill already scheduled for Friday.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, we seek time to respond to Hon. Ravi Karunanayake’s question. We will answer on the next sitting day.
¶ 02 Hon. Speaker, regarding today’s business: the Opposition has collected signatures for a No-Confidence Motion against the Hon. Prime Minister not for any other reason but because, as Minister of Education, she has brought education reforms. So the No-Confidence Motion is against education reforms. As a Government, we are ready to allocate Thursday and Friday for that debate and respond comprehensively on education reforms.
¶ 03 If the Opposition does not use those two days—22 and 23—for the No-Confidence debate, then we will move a debate on postponement regarding education reforms on Thursday, and on Friday we already have the Universities (Amendment) Bill debate. We are prepared to debate education reforms on both days, even if the No-Confidence Motion is not brought.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 January 2026. No. 23200. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8995