The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 9 July 2025 ·Adjournment: Adjournment Debate: Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks (21 April 2019)

Corruption & Governance Reform

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Bimal Rathnayake stated that the claim about possessing “files” on everyone was made by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, not President Anura Dissanayake. He emphasized that the remark should be attributed to Mahinda Rajapaksa in the relevant context.

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¶ 01 It was President Mahinda Rajapaksa who said “I have files with me,” not President Anura Dissanayake. It was President Mahinda Rajapaksa who said he had files on everyone.

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 9 July 2025 ·No. 1752660241032216 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 July 2025. No. 1752660241032216. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9298