2026-02-05 / Oral Question: Liquor Licenses (Q.912/2025)

The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana

2026-02-05

The speech is incomplete, but based on the available text, Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana addresses the Deputy Minister with two supplementary points: first, requesting a reduction in the price of the "gal bottle" (glass bottle liquor), and second, beginning to reference a presentation made to Parliament by Minister Nalinda Jayatissa approximately one year prior, though this point appears to be cut off before completion.

Then it is because you and I argued for two minutes. Hon. Deputy Minister, I have a request: if you can reduce the price of the “gal bottle,” that would be significant. That is my first supplementary. The second supplementary is this. Our Minister Nalinda Jayatissa, about a year ago, presented to Parliament—