2026-02-20 / Ministerial Statement: Strengthening state security mechanism to suppress crimes

Mr. Speaker

2026-02-20

## Summary The Speaker called upon the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Ananda Wijepala, to deliver a Ministerial Statement on the topic of strengthening state security mechanisms to suppress crimes. This excerpt represents the procedural introduction to the statement, with the substantive content of the Minister's address to follow.

Next Ministerial Statement. The Hon. Ananda Wijepala, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs. Strengthening state security mechanism to suppress crimes: Statement by the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs.